Am I Thin Enough Yet? The Cult of Thinness

In "one of the most powerful and compelling arguments about the culture of thinness" ("Choice"), the former director of the Women's Studies Program at Boston College highlights the various ways in which American families, schools, popular culture, and the health and fitness industry undermine young women's self-confidence as they inculcate the notions that thinness is beauty and a woman's body is more important than her mind. Illustrations.

Sharlene Hesse-Biber is Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston College. The former director of the Women's Studies Program at Boston College, she is founding director of the National Association for Women in Catholic Higher Education.

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 3
A Cult Grows in America	p. 7
Men and Women: Mind and Body	p. 17
There's No Business like the Body Business: Food, Dieting, and Recovery	p. 31
There's No Business like the Body Business: Fitness and Cosmetic Surgery	p. 44
Becoming a Certain Body	p. 58
Joining the Cult of Thinness	p. 69
From Disorderly Eating to Eating Disorder: The Cultural Context of Anorexia and Bulimia	p. 80
New Recruits for the Cult of Thinness: Young Girls, Men, and Ethnic Women	p. 96
Breaking Free from the Cult of Thinness	p. 113
Notes	p. 129
References	p. 165
Index	p. 183
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Am I Thin Enough Yet? The Cult of Thinness and the Commercialization of Identity

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