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The obsession

reflections on the tyranny of slenderness

1st HarperPerennial ed.

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An edition of The obsession (1981)

The obsession

reflections on the tyranny of slenderness

1st HarperPerennial ed.

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The Obsession is a deeply committed and beautifully written analysis of our society's increasing demand that women be thin. It offers a careful, thought provoking discussion of the reasons men have encouraged this obsession and women have embraced it. It is a book about women's efforts to become thin rather than to accept the natural dimensions of their bodies—a book about the meaning of food and its rejection.

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HarperPerennial
Language
English
Pages
206

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Subjects
Body image, Nonfiction, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Reducing, Psychological aspects of Weight loss, Psychology, Reducing, Social aspects, Social aspects of Reducing, Social aspects of Weight loss, Sociology, Weight loss, Women, Slankheid, Reducing Diet, Vrouwen, Prevention & control, Obesity, Popular Works, Perte de poids, Aspect social, Aspect psychologique, Women, psychology

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The Obsession
2008, HarperCollins
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The obsession: reflections on the tyranny of slenderness
1994, HarperPerennial
in English - 1st HarperPerennial ed.
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The Obsession : Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness
September 1982, HarperPerennial
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The Obsession : Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness
September 1982, HarperPerennial
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The obsession: reflections on the tyranny of slenderness
1981, Harper & Row
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The obsession: reflections on the tyranny of slenderness
Publish date unknown, Harper Colophon Books
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Includes bibliographical references.

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Dewey Decimal Class
306.4
Library of Congress
RM222.2 .C47 1994, RM222.2.C47 1994

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxii, 206 p. ;
Number of pages
206

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OL1428941M
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obsessionreflect0000cher
ISBN 10
0060925051
LCCN
93040213
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110490
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410170

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"I REMEMBER THE FIRST time I ate compulsively."

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