Bodies Big Ideas/Small Books

Name: Bodies Big Ideas/Small Books
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ISBN: 9780312427207

ISBN-10: 0312427204

ISBN-13: 9780312427207

Edition: 2009

Authors: Susie Orbach

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An esteemed psychologist examines how culturalforces have conspired to bring about a crisis in theway we experience our bodies Bodiesis a plea for us all to understand that the postmodern body is in a state of crisis. Challenging the traditional Freudian view that bodily disorders originate and progress in the mind, Orbach argues that destructive tendencies such as anorexia, bulimia, obesity, and self-mutilation must be examined through the body itself. In the past several decades, the global media has deluged us with images of an idealized, westernized body, and conditioned us to see any exception to the ideal as problematic--something to be fixed. As these strict standards continue to…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 3/3/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 4.75" wide x 6.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English