This book explores the ways in which anorexic women use their eating to control their bodies. It argues that the female body in modern Western culture is understood as open and accessible and female appetite as dangerous and voracious. Anorexia attempts to resist both these constructions in the creation of a closed, desireless body. Since anorexic women resist the power of collective ideologies their resistance cannot work - the closed body becomes its own prison.
Reviews'Convincing and highly accessible ... a significant addition to the existing literature.' - Journal of Gender Studies
Book InformationISBN 9780415028479
Author Morag MacSweenFormat Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 385g