| Description |
1 online resource (220 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents; Introduction; ONE: BODIES OF EVIDENCE, BODIES OF KNOWLEDGE: Contemporary Approaches, Historical Perspectives, New Directions; TWO: THE GOOD, THE TRUE, AND THE BEAUTIFUL FEMALE BODY: Popular Icons of Womanhood and the Salvation Myth of Female Slendemess; THREE: LOSING THEIR WAY TO SALVATION: Popular Rituals of Womanhood and the Saving Promises of Culture Lite; FOUR: UNIVERSES OF MEANING, WORLDS OF PAIN: The Struggles of Anorexic and Bulimic Girls and Women; FIVE: A DIFFERENT KIND OF SALVATION: Cultivating Alternative Senses, Practices, and Visions; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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AB; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; O; P; R; S |
| Summary |
Lelwica puts forward a hypothesis about eating disorders that has both theoretical and clinical implications, identifying them as specifically religious problems symbolizing a yearning for spiritual fulfilment that can be addressed with religious resources |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Eating disorders -- Patients -- Religious life
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Women -- Health and hygiene -- Religious aspects
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Eating disorders -- Patients -- Religious life
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
98050120 |
| ISBN |
9780195351934 |
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0195351932 |
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1280472014 |
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9781280472015 |
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9786610472017 |
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6610472017 |
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