Never too thin : why women are at war with their bodies /

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Seid, Roberta Pollack, 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Prentice Hall Press, [1989]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Weight loss > Social aspects > United States.
Women > Mental health > United States.
Body image.
Women > Health and hygiene > United States.
Obesity in women > Social aspects > United States.
Women.
Gender identity.
Table of Contents:
  • 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?

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