Never too thin : why women are at war with their bodies / Roberta Pollack Seid.
Millions of American women are perpetual dieters; many are stricken by devastating, sometimes fatal, eating disorders. Though diet and therapy books abound, few authors have tackled the complex sociocultural background that has influenced women and their view of themselves. Social historian and anal...
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[1989]
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-363) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a New American creed: I watch my weight, eat right, and exercise -- New American creed re-examined: too close to the bone -- When thin wasn't in: a selective overview of fashion and beauty, antiquity to 1830 -- Thin and fat: America 1830-1900 -- Thin preference begins: 1900-1947 -- Preference becomes prejudice: the war on fat begins, 1950-1960 -- Prejudice becomes myth: 1960-1970 -- Health/exercise ethic emerges -- Rise of food fetishism -- Her body must be thin, firm, and beautiful -- Obsession becomes religion: the fitness epidemic -- Why thin is never thin enough -- Prejudice exposed -- Look to the future: the golden mean restored? | |
| 520 | |a Millions of American women are perpetual dieters; many are stricken by devastating, sometimes fatal, eating disorders. Though diet and therapy books abound, few authors have tackled the complex sociocultural background that has influenced women and their view of themselves. Social historian and analyst of popular culture Roberta Pollack Seid presents this perspective, tracing and assessing the origins of weight consciousness up to our current mania. She discovers a dangerous link, dating to the early part of this century, between medical prescriptives and fashion prerogatives. A complex network of influences--from politics and the rise of feminism to insurance company demographics and changes in the food industry--have reinforced and propagated the tie between "fitness" and "thinness." Seid exposes our cherished axioms--"Thinner is healthier" and "Thinner is more beautiful"--As prejudices, not truths. Only by understanding this national obsession can women begin to free themselves from the terrible war it has made them unleash on their own bodies.--From publisher description. | ||
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