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Abject relations everyday worlds of anorexia

Abject Relations presents an alternative approach to anorexia, long considered the epitome of a Western obsession with individualism, beauty, self-control, and autonomy. Through detailed ethnographic investigations, Megan Warin looks at the heart of what it means to live with anorexia on a daily basis. Participants describe difficulties with social relatedness, not being at home in their body, and feeling disgusting and worthless. For them, anorexia becomes a seductive and empowering practice that cleanses bodies of shame and guilt, becomes a friend and support, and allows them to forg

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  • "Abject Relations presents an alternative approach to anorexia, long considered the epitome of a Western obsession with individualism, beauty, self-control, and autonomy. Through detailed ethnographic investigations, Megan Warin looks at the heart of what it means to live with anorexia on a daily basis. Participants describe difficulties with social relatedness, not being at home in their body, and feeling disgusting and worthless. For them, anorexia becomes a seductive and empowering practice that cleanses bodies of shame and guilt, becomes a friend and support, and allows them to forg"@en

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  • "Livres électroniques"
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  • "Abject relations"
  • "Abject relations everyday worlds of anorexia"@en
  • "Abject relations everyday worlds of anorexia"
  • "Abject relations : everyday worlds of anorexia"
  • "Abject Relations Everyday Worlds of Anorexia, Revised and Expanded Edition"@en

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