"Influenced by the coercive powers of consumerism and the mass media, North American women have come to judge their bodies according to the unrealistic standards of our culture's beauty ideal. The ultra-lean silhouette of the fashion mannequin and the manipulated image of the magazine model have become not only physical standards, but also symbols of competence and success. In pursuit of this simulated, body-centered ideal, many women are laying waste to their energies and self-esteem, and going on to develop the serious eating disorders bulimia and anorexia."
"A thought-provoking film about North American women's preoccupation with thinness and the devastating effect it is having on their health and psyche."
"A thought-provoking film about North American women's preoccupation with thinness and the devastating effect it is having on their health and psyche."@en
"This searing documentary looks at the obsession of women with the size and the shape of their bodies. Under the coercive power of consumerism and the mass media, women have come to view their bodies as marketable objects and to judge them according to unrealistic standards. Paradoxically, this anxious quest for the perfect body exists in our culture at the same time that the feminist movement decries the role of woman as a sex object. Using a dramatic visual approach, the film explores the complex causes that lie at the heart of this paradox. Combining the direct testimony of many women who have suffered from the body obsession - dancers, mothers, career women, athletes, models, bulimics, fat women, anorexics, young girls - with the views of leading experts, The Famine Within explores the kind of hunger that cannot be satisfied by food."@en
"Women's bodies and the cultural ideal : combining interviews of many middle-class women who have suffered from body obsession with social commentators and health professionals, the film explores the contemporary obsession with body size and shape amongst North American women."
"Women's bodies and the cultural ideal : combining interviews of many middle-class women who have suffered from body obsession with social commentators and health professionals, the film explores the contemporary obsession with body size and shape amongst North American women."@en
"Documents the contemporary obsession with an unrealistic body size and shape among North American women and the eating disorders it engenders. The women interviewd in this documentary film reveal the phenomenon of body obsession."@en
"Documents contemporary obession with an unrealistic body size and shape among North American women and the eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia nervosa that it engenders. Includes interviews with women from every age and social spectrum who have suffered from body obession."@en
"This searing documentary looks at the obsession of women with the size and the shape of their bodies. Under the coercive power of consumerism and the mass media, women have come to view their bodies as marketable objects and to judge them according to unrealistic standards. Paradoxically, this anxious quest for the perfect body exists in our culture at the same time that the feminist movement decries the role of woman as a sex object. Using a dramatic visual approach, the film explores the complex causes that lie at the heart of this paradox."@en
"This searing documentary looks at the obsession of women with the size and the shape of their bodies. Under the coercive power of consumerism and the mass media, women have come to view their bodies as marketable objects and to judge them according to unrealistic standards. Paradoxically, this anxious quest for the perfect body exists in our culture at the same time that the feminist movement decries the role of woman as a sex object. Using a dramatic visual approach, the film explores the complex causes that lie at the heart of this paradox."
"Documents the contemporary obsession with an unrealistic body size and shape among North American women. Also discusses the various eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia nervosa."@en
"The Famine Within is a documentary film about the contemporary obsession with body shape and size among North American women. Includes interviews with women from every age and social spectrum who have suffered from body obsession."
"Documents contemporary obsession with an unrealistic body size and shape among North American women and the eating disorders it engenders."
"Women's bodies and the cultural ideal: combining interviews of many middle-class women who have suffered from body obsession with social commentators and health professionals, the film explores the contemporary obsession with the body size and shape amongst North American women."
""Combining the direct testimony of many women who have suffered from body obsession--dancers, mothers, career women, athletes, models, bulimics, fat women, anorexics, young girls--with the views of leading experts, The Famine Within explores the kind of hunger that cannot be satisfied by food."--Container."
"The Famine within is a documentary film about the contemporary obsession with body shape and size among North American women. Includes interviews with women from every age and social spectrum who have suffered from body obsession."@en
"Women's bodies and the cultural ideal; combining interviews of many middle-class women who have suffered from body obsession with social commentators and health professionals, the film explores the contemporary obsession with body size and shape amongst North American women."@en
"Women's bodies and the cultural ideal : combining interviews of many middle-class women who have suffered from body obsession with social commentators and health professionals, the film explores the contemporary obsession with losing weight and having a slim shape amongst North American women."@en
"Women's bodies and the cultural ideal : combining interviews of many middle-class women who have suffered from body obsession with social commentators and health professionals, the film explores the contemporary obsession with losing weight and having a slim shape amongst North American women."
"Documentary. Experts analyze the contemporary obsession with an unrealistic body size and shape among North American women and the eating and health disorders it engenders."
"This film discusses the current obsession with body image in North American women and the influence of the mass media upon ideas about weight control. Psychologists describe the ideal of women in the United States, how women are oppressed by this ideal, and the psychological problems this ideal creates."@en
"This film discusses the current obsession with body image in North American women and the influence of the mass media upon ideas about weight control. Psychologists describe the ideal of women in the United States, how women are oppressed by this ideal, and the psychological problems this ideal creates."
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