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The Obsession  Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness

The Obsession Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness Paperback - 1982

by Chernin, Kim


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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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I REMEMBER THE FIRST time I ate compulsively.

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  • Title The Obsession Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness
  • Author Chernin, Kim
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st, First Editi
  • Pages xi,206
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperPerennial, New York
  • Date September 1982
  • ISBN 9780060909673
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