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020			_a0195178785 _qalk. paper
020			_a9780195178784 _qalk. paper
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035			_a(OCoLC)65521633
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050	0	0	_aBF697.5.B63 _bH47 2007
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100	1		_aHesse-Biber, Sharlene Nagy _9232743
245	1	4	_aThe cult of thinness / _cSharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber.
250			_aSecond edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2007.
300			_axi, 271 pages : _billustrations ; _c21 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aRevised edition of: Am I thin enough yet? 1996.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_g1. _tA cult grows in America -- _g2. _tMen and women : mind and body -- _g3. _tSelling the body beautiful : food, dieting, and recovery -- _g4. _tThere's no business like the body business : fitness and cosmetic surgery -- _g5. _tBecoming a certain body -- _g6. _tJoining the cult of thinness -- _g7. _tHow young women experience being a body in their families, peer groups, and school environments -- _g8. _tNew recruits for the cult of thinness : preteen girls, adolescents, straight men, gays, lesbians, and ethnic women -- _g9. _tBreaking free from the cult of thinness.
520	1		_a"Hesse-Biber goes beyond traditional psychological explanations of eating disorders to level a powerful indictment against the social, political, and economic pressures women face in a weight-obsessed society - a society that is, ironically, becoming increasingly more fat while worshipping a progressively more thin ideal. Hesse-Biber examines the profit motives of corporate America that promote this paradox. Moreover, a new chapter on preteens, masculinity, ethnicity, gay and lesbian body image, and the globalization of body image issues aligns a refined cultural study of body image with the trends found in current research studies, demographic data, and popular culture." "Using the metaphor of a cult, Hesse-Biber conveys the intense, day-to-day involvement that the pursuit of thinness demands. Examining the testimonies of young women concerning the practice of body rituals, Hesse-Biber observes the extent to which these women sacrifice their bodies and minds to the pursuit of the ultra-slender ideal. She looks at pressures coming from their families and friends that perpetuate their cult-like practices and evaluates a range of therapies and personal and collective actions available to help women overcome their weight obsessions and eating problems. Hesse-Biber provides new frameworks for envisioning femininity and personal power, overcoming body insecurity, strengthening the inner self, and changing the cultural environment itself. Along the way, the reader is provided with important self-help tips to tackle the growing number of body image issues young women and new recruits to the "Cult of Thinness" continue to encounter."--BOOK JACKET.
588			_aMachine converted from AACR2 source record.
650		0	_aBody image. _9314698
650		0	_aLeanness _xPsychological aspects _9785127
650		0	_aEating disorders _xSocial aspects _9634454
650		0	_aWomen _xPsychology. _9325905
700	1		_iRevision of: _aHesse-Biber, Sharlene Nagy. _tAm I thin enough yet?.
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