Pt. I. Personal sociology. 1. Descent and return. 2. Researching recovery. 3. Autobiography, narrative and healing -- Pt. II. Anorexia and recovery. 4. Reinterpreting 'anorexia'. 5. Reinterpreting 'recovery'. 6. Recovery stories -- Pt. III. Spirituality. 7. Society and spirit. 8. Rituals of self-transformation. 9. Spiritual stories -- Pt. IV. The body. 10. Recreating the body. 11. The sexual body. 12. The knowing body -- App. A. Participants' profiles -- App. B. Questions to participants -- App. C. Codes used for analysis
Summary
A sociological exploration of how people recover from what medicine labels as eating disorders, and focuses exclusively on recovery
Analysis
Anorexia nervosa - Religious aspects
Notes
English
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-233) and index
