| Description |
x, 210 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-200) and index. |
| Contents |
Bodies of evidence, bodies of knowledge : contemporary approaches, historical perspectives, new directions -- The good, the true, and the beautiful female body : popular icons of womanhood and the salvation myth of female slenderness -- Losing their way to salvation : popular rituals of womanhood and the saving promises of culture lite -- Universes of meaning, worlds of pain : the struggles of anorexic and bulimic girls and women -- A different kind of salvation : cultivating alternative senses, practices, and visions. |
| Subject |
Eating disorders -- Patients -- Religious life.
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Women -- Health and hygiene -- Religious aspects.
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Feeding and Eating Disorders.
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Religion.
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Women's Health.
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| ISBN |
0195127439 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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