Feminist Perspectives on Eating Disorders
, by Fallon, Patricia; Katzman, Melanie A.; Wooley, Susan C.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781572301825 | 1572301821
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/1/1996
This important work illuminates the relationship between the anguish of eating disorder sufferers and the problems of ordinary women. It covers a wide variety of issues from ways in which gender may predispose women to eating disorders to the widespread cultural concerns these problems symbolize. Chapters all share three basic elements: The psychology of women is reflected in the concepts and methods described; there is an explicit commitment to political and social equality for women; and therapy is reevaluated based on an understanding of the needs of women patients and the potentially differing contributions of male and female therapists.