Twenty-two experts share their extensive knowledge on women's preoccupation with body size. They consider eating behaviours ranging from dieting and exercise to anorexia and bulimia, and explore the disputed links made between weight and health.
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Eating disorders are complex, and this book serves up meaty arguments for feminists tired over oversimplification. (Toronto Star )
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Catrina Brown, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the School of Social Work at Dalhousie University in Halifax, cross-appointed to Women’s Studies and Nursing. She is also a feminist psychotherapist in private practice with a focus on eating “disorders”.
Karin Jasper, Ph.D., M.Ed., is a feminist phychotherapist and community educator in Toronto.
Karin Jasper, Ph.D., M.Ed., is a feminist phychotherapist and community educator in Toronto.
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The BEST book I've read on eating disorders!,
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This review is from: Consuming Passions: Feminist Approaches to Weight Preoccupation and Eating Disorders (Paperback)
After years of looking for feminist perspectives on eating disorders I came across this amazing book. What makes this book particularly unique is that it is edited, and contains the views of many different feminists and feminist therapists. Not only was the theory the most useful I have read, but this book also contains many helpful ideas for how feminists (and feminists working in the mental health field in particular) can best help their clients who are struggling with eating disorder and body image issues. Anyone who works with eating disordered clients cannot pass this book up--it is WELL woth the money!
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An Excellent Resource,
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This review is from: Consuming Passions: Feminist Approaches to Weight Preoccupation and Eating Disorders (Paperback)
Though a little dated now, overall, this book is an excellent resource for addressing EDs from a feminist perspective. They do a decent job at addressing multicultural factors salient to the develop of an eating disorder. The description of feminist therapy had me nodding along happily. Overall, this is a great book to have in your library.
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