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Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-136) and index.
Summary
Examining the ways in which practitioners work with the complexities of anorexia and resolve clinical dilemmas and ambiguities, Hepworth critically discusses the contribution of postmodernism to the explanation and treatment of the condition.
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Contents
pt. I. Early Ideas About Self-starvation and AnorexiaNervosa-- 1. From Religion to Madness: Religious and Medical Interpretations of Self-starvation -- 2. The Late Nineteenth Century Medical Discovery of AnorexiaNervosa-- 3. Early Social, Cultural and Feminist Theories of AnorexiaNervosa-- part II. Health Care Workers' Constructions of AnorexiaNervosa-- 4. Constructions of Gender and Identity in AnorexiaNervosa-- 5. The Multiplicity and Diversity of Causes of AnorexiaNervosa-- 6. Clinical Treatments for AnorexiaNervosa-- part III. Postmodernism, the Body and Therapy: Implications for Practice -- 7. AnorexiaNervosa, Postmodern Readings of the Body and Narrative Therapy -- 8. Self, Psychology and Participation in the Public Domain.