The Social Construction of Anorexia Nervosa (Inquiries in Social Construction series)

by Dr Julie Hepworth (Author)

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  Paperback
  1999

  $61.87

  Locates contemporary discourses of anorexia nervosa within their historical context, showing how practices continue to be influenced by medicine, psychology, ideology and politics. This book argues that anorexia nervosa must be considered within the political, social and gendered relationships that continue to contribute to its definition.