An edition of The obsession
(1981)
The Obsession
Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness
by Kim Chernin
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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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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| Edition | Availability |
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The obsession: reflections on the tyranny of slenderness
1994, HarperPerennial
in English
- 1st HarperPerennial ed.
0060925051 9780060925055
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The Obsession : Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness
September 1982, HarperPerennial
0060909676 9780060909673
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The Obsession : Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness
September 1982, HarperPerennial
Paperback
- Reprint edition
0060909676 9780060909673
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The obsession: reflections on the tyranny of slenderness
1982, Harper Colophon Books
0060909676 9780060909673
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The obsession: reflections on the tyranny of slenderness
1981, Harper & Row
in English
- 1st ed.
0060148845 9780060148843
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"I REMEMBER THE FIRST time I ate compulsively."
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"I REMEMBER THE FIRST time I ate compulsively."
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