Thin

Name: Thin
Price: 7.15 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780811856331

ISBN-10: 081185633X

ISBN-13: 9780811856331

Edition: 2006

Authors: Lauren Greenfield, Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Michael A. Strober, Joan Jacobs Brumberg

List price: $35.00

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

4 new & used from $7.15

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Critically acclaimed for Girl Culture and Fast Forward, Lauren Greenfield continues her exploration of contemporary female culture with Thin, a groundbreaking book about eating disorders. Greenfield's photographs are paired with extensive interviews and journal entries from twenty girls and women who are suffering from various afflictions. We meet 15-year-old Brittany, who is convinced that being thin is the only way to gain acceptance among her peers; Alisa, a divorced mother of two whose hatred of her body is manifested in her relentless compulsion to purge; Shelly, who has been battling anorexia for six years and has had a feeding tube surgically implanted in her stomach; as well as many…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
Publication date: 10/12/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.640



Essays


Why Thin?



Introduction



Eating Disorders: Truths and Consequences



The Path from Illness to Recovery



Interviews


Shelly


Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


Part 4


Polly











Brittany





Brittany's Mother








Alisa











Stephanie


Kathy


Melissa


Laura


Shantell


Cheryl


Cara


Robin


Mary


Quinn


Cathy


Nina


Jordana


Alicia


Ata


Resources


Acknowledgments