The Good body : asceticism in contemporary culture / edited by Mary G. Winkler and Letha B. Cole.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)1994.Description: vi, 247 pages : illistrations ; 24 cmContent type:
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Contents:
Judith Andre -- Eating disorders in survivors of multimodal childhood abuse Jean M. Goodwin and Reina Attias -- The good woman : asceticism and responsibility from the perspectives of battered women Allison M. Moore -- Textual harassment : desire and the female body Margaret R. Miles -- The body as a historical category : science and imagination, 1660-1760 Estelle Cohen -- The social construction of premenstrual syndrome : a case study of scientific discourse as cultural contestation Mary Brown Parlee -- Differential prohibition, scientific discourse, and anorexiant stimulants Arthur P. Leccese -- Eating disorders, female psychology, and developmental disturbances Janet de Groot -- Textual bodies : narratives of denial and desire in Studies on hysteria Sara van den Berg -- Flannery O'Connor and the celebration of embodiment William F. Monroe -- The beauty of the beast : male body imagery in anthropological perspective David D. Gilmore -- Model women Mary G. Winkler.
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Withdrawn G. Allen Fleece Library WITHDRAWN Non-fiction BF697.5.B63G66 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 31923000884334

Based on papers presented at a conference held at the Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas in 1991.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Respect for bodies Judith Andre -- Eating disorders in survivors of multimodal childhood abuse Jean M. Goodwin and Reina Attias -- The good woman : asceticism and responsibility from the perspectives of battered women Allison M. Moore -- Textual harassment : desire and the female body Margaret R. Miles -- The body as a historical category : science and imagination, 1660-1760 Estelle Cohen -- The social construction of premenstrual syndrome : a case study of scientific discourse as cultural contestation Mary Brown Parlee -- Differential prohibition, scientific discourse, and anorexiant stimulants Arthur P. Leccese -- Eating disorders, female psychology, and developmental disturbances Janet de Groot -- Textual bodies : narratives of denial and desire in Studies on hysteria Sara van den Berg -- Flannery O'Connor and the celebration of embodiment William F. Monroe -- The beauty of the beast : male body imagery in anthropological perspective David D. Gilmore -- Model women Mary G. Winkler.

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