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The Hungry Self: Women, Eating, Identity
The Hungry Self Women Eating Identity
Author: Kim Chernin
Some five million American women suffer from eating disorders ranging from compulsive dieting to compulsive eating, anorexia, and bulimia. THE HUNGRY SELF explores the often troubled relationship between mothers and daughters and how daughters of all ages and backgrounds often flee the struggle for identity and self-development into an obsession...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060970260
ISBN-10: 006097026X
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 214
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2.9 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: Perennial Library
Book Type: Paperback
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An extremely well-written book, now a classic on eating disorders, exploring the theme of eating disorders as a disorder of self. The relationship between identity and eating is a complex yet compelling one, and the author does a beautiful job of illustrating all the ways that this connection exists, and what the role of culture is.
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