Confessing excess
Subtitle: women and the politics of body reduction
By: Carole Spitzack
Series: SUNY series in gender and society; SUNY series in gender and society
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Albany, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780585089980
Subjects: Women; Health and hygiene; Social aspects; Weight loss; Body image; Psychology; Body Image; Social Conformity; Weight Loss; Women's Health; Femmes; Santé et hygiène; Aspect social; Émaciation; Image du corps chez la femme; Psychologie; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Women's Studies; Gesundheit; Frau
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-196) and index.
Table of contents: title: Curative voices: anti-diets and experts; title: the aesthetics of women's health: "watching yourself until you're sixty-five"; title: speaking transgressions: "making a believer of me"; title: family relationships: "mother criticizes, father compliments"; title: women's friendships: "going down to the depths of you"; title: romantic relationships: "getting him to see me"; title: seeing the mythology of resolution: "i could write a book about this"; title: political solutions: "wait a minute, this is crazy."