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Is there a resemblance between the contemporary anorexic teenager counting every calorie in her single-minded pursuit of thinness, and an ascetic medieval saint examining her every desire? Rudolph M. Bell suggests that the answer is yes.
Is there a resemblance between the contemporary anorexic teenager counting every calorie in her single-minded pursuit of thinness, and an ascetic medieval saint examining her every desire? Rudolph M. Bell suggests that the answer is yes.
"Everyone interested in anorexia nervosa . . . should skim this book or study it. It will make you realize how dependent upon culture the definition of disease is. I will never look at an anorexic patient in the same way again."--Howard Spiro, M.D., Gastroenterology
"[This] book is a first-class social history and is well-documented both in its historical and scientific portions."--Vern L. Bullough, American Historical Review
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ANOREXIA, from the Greek an (privation, lack of) and orexis (appetite), is a general term used to refer to any diminution of appetite or aversion to food. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ist rel, anorexic behavior pattern, holy anorectics, holy anorexics, holy anorexia, putative saint, canonization proceedings, third autobiography, novice mistress, high prelates, dei santi, harsh austerities, female piety, male clerics Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Catherine of Siena, Mary Magdalen, Friar Arnaldo, Veronica Giuliani, Raymond of Capua, Angela of Foligno, Margaret of Cortona, Sister Veronica, Catholic Reformation, Clare of Assisi, Saint Dominic, Dominican Order, Friar Giunta, Poor Clares, Pope Gregory, Sisters of Penance, Catherine Benincasa, Father Crivelli, Francesca Romana, Jesus Christ, Padre Sebastiano, Sister Ristori, Virgin Mary, Abbess Ceoli, Friar Vito New!
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ANOREXIA, from the Greek an (privation, lack of) and orexis (appetite), is a general term used to refer to any diminution of appetite or aversion to food. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ist rel, anorexic behavior pattern, holy anorectics, holy anorexics, holy anorexia, putative saint, canonization proceedings, third autobiography, novice mistress, high prelates, dei santi, harsh austerities, female piety, male clerics Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Catherine of Siena, Mary Magdalen, Friar Arnaldo, Veronica Giuliani, Raymond of Capua, Angela of Foligno, Margaret of Cortona, Sister Veronica, Catholic Reformation, Clare of Assisi, Saint Dominic, Dominican Order, Friar Giunta, Poor Clares, Pope Gregory, Sisters of Penance, Catherine Benincasa, Father Crivelli, Francesca Romana, Jesus Christ, Padre Sebastiano, Sister Ristori, Virgin Mary, Abbess Ceoli, Friar Vito New!
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- Jesus as Mother: Studies in the Spirituality of the High Middle Ages (Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA) by Caroline Walker Bynum in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Anorexia Nervosa by Peter Dally in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development by Carol Gilligan on page 200, and Back Matter
- Eating Disorders: Obesity, Anorexia Nervosa, and the Person Within by Hilde Bruch in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Penguin Classics) by Jacob Burckhardt in Back Matter
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- Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women (The New Historicism : Studies in Cultural Poetics, 1) by Caroline Walker Bynum on 10 pages
- That Gentle Strength: Historical Perspectives on Women in Christianity by Lynda L. Coon on 4 pages
- Sacred Pain: Hurting the Body for the Sake of the Soul by Ariel Glucklich in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Mary Magdalen: Myth and Metaphor by Susan Haskins in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Beyond Anorexia: Narrative, Spirituality and Recovery by Catherine Garrett on page 113, page 114, and Back Matter
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