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- catalog abstract "Whether they are rich or poor, tall or short, liberal or conservative, most young American women have one thing in common - they want to be thin. And they are willing to go to extraordinary lengths to get that way, even to the point of starving themselves. Why are America's women so preoccupied with weight? What has caused record numbers of young women - even before they reach their teenage years - to suffer from anorexia and bulimia? In Am I Thin Enough Yet?, Sharlene Hesse-Biber answers these questions and more, as she goes beyond traditional psychological explanations of eating disorders to level a powerful indictment against the social, political, and economic pressures women face in a weight-obsessed society. Packed with first-hand, intimate portraits of young women from a wide variety of backgrounds, and drawing on historical accounts and current material culled from both popular and scholarly sources, Am I Thin Enough Yet? offers a provocative new way of understanding why women feel the way they do about their minds and bodies. Specifically, Hesse-Biber highlights the various ways in which American families, schools, popular culture, and the health and fitness industry all undermine young women's self-confidence as they inculcate the notions that thinness is beauty and that a woman's body is more important than her mind. The book concludes with Hesse-Biber's prescriptions on how women can overcome their low self-image through therapy, spiritualism, and grass-roots efforts to empower themselves against a society obsessed with beauty and thinness.".
- catalog contributor b9229071.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "A cult grows in America -- Men and women -- Food, dieting, and recovery -- Fitness and cosmetic surgery -- Becoming a certain body -- Joining the cult of thinness -- From disorderly eating to eating disorder: the cultural context of anorexia and bulimia -- New recruits for the cult of thinness: young girls, men, and ethnic women -- Breaking free from the cult of thinness.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-182) and index.".
- catalog description "Whether they are rich or poor, tall or short, liberal or conservative, most young American women have one thing in common - they want to be thin. And they are willing to go to extraordinary lengths to get that way, even to the point of starving themselves. Why are America's women so preoccupied with weight? What has caused record numbers of young women - even before they reach their teenage years - to suffer from anorexia and bulimia? In Am I Thin Enough Yet?, Sharlene Hesse-Biber answers these questions and more, as she goes beyond traditional psychological explanations of eating disorders to level a powerful indictment against the social, political, and economic pressures women face in a weight-obsessed society. Packed with first-hand, intimate portraits of young women from a wide variety of backgrounds, and drawing on historical accounts and current material culled from both popular and scholarly sources, Am I Thin Enough Yet? offers a provocative new way of understanding why women feel the way they do about their minds and bodies. Specifically, Hesse-Biber highlights the various ways in which American families, schools, popular culture, and the health and fitness industry all undermine young women's self-confidence as they inculcate the notions that thinness is beauty and that a woman's body is more important than her mind. The book concludes with Hesse-Biber's prescriptions on how women can overcome their low self-image through therapy, spiritualism, and grass-roots efforts to empower themselves against a society obsessed with beauty and thinness.".
- catalog extent "ix, 191 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Thin enough yet?".
- catalog identifier "0195082419 (cloth : acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "0195117913 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Thin enough yet?".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Thin enough yet?".
- catalog subject "1996 D-238".
- catalog subject "306.4 20".
- catalog subject "BF 697.5.B63 H587a 1996".
- catalog subject "BF697.5.B63 H47 1996".
- catalog subject "Body Image.".
- catalog subject "Body Weight.".
- catalog subject "Body image.".
- catalog subject "Eating Disorders.".
- catalog subject "Eating disorders Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Leanness Psychological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Social Environment.".
- catalog subject "Women Psychology.".
- catalog subject "Women psychology.".
- catalog tableOfContents "A cult grows in America -- Men and women -- Food, dieting, and recovery -- Fitness and cosmetic surgery -- Becoming a certain body -- Joining the cult of thinness -- From disorderly eating to eating disorder: the cultural context of anorexia and bulimia -- New recruits for the cult of thinness: young girls, men, and ethnic women -- Breaking free from the cult of thinness.".
- catalog title "Am I Thin enough yet? : the cult of thinness and the commercialization of identity / Sharlene Hesse-Biber.".
- catalog type "text".