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The Cult of Thinness

by Sharlene Hesse-Biber

2006 271 pages eng

"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 progres…

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