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Author Nasser, Mervat.

Title Culture and weight consciousness / Mervat Nasser
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1997

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 MELB  616.85 Nas/Caw  AVAILABLE
Description xvii, 136 pages ; 23 cm
Contents 1. The sociocultural model of eating pathology -- 2. The concept of culture boundedness and eating disorders -- 3. The emergence of eating disorders in other cultures/societies -- 4. The other women -immune or vulnerable? -- 5. Culture: between differences and commonalities
Analysis Eating disorders -- Cross-cultural studies
Eating disorders -- Social aspects
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [108]-128) and index
Subject Eating disorders -- Cross-cultural studies.
Eating disorders -- Social aspects.
Feeding and Eating Disorders -- ethnology.
Feeding and Eating Disorders.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Sex Factors.
Women -- psychology.
Feeding and Eating Disorders.
LC no. 96043021
ISBN 0415161525 (hbk.)
0415161533 (paperback)