Hunger So Wide and So Deep: A Multiracial View of Women’s Eating Problems

Name: Hunger So Wide and So Deep: A Multiracial View of Women's Eating Problems
SKU: INR-9780816624355
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SKU: INR-9780816624355 Category: All Books Tags: Political Aspects, Minority Women, Etiology, Abused Women, Social Conditions, Women, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Aspects, Ingram, Eating Disorders, Psychopathology, Social Science, Mental Health, Psychology

Description

The first of its kind, A Hunger So Wide and So Deep challenges the popular notion that eating problems occur only among white, well-to-do, heterosexual women. Becky W. Thompson shows us how race, class, sexuality, and nationality can shape women’s eating problems. Based on in-depth life history interviews with African-American, Latina, and lesbian women, her book chronicles the effects of racism, poverty, sexism, acculturation, and sexual abuse on women’s bodies and eating patterns. A Hunger So Wide and So Deep dispels popular stereotypes of anorexia and bulimia as symptoms of vanity and underscores the risks of mislabeling what is often a way of coping with society’s own disorders. By featuring the creative ways in which women have changed their unwanted eating patterns and regained trust in their bodies and appetites, Thompson offers a message of hope and empowerment that applies across race, class, and sexual preference.

Author: Thompson, Becky

Topic: Sociology
Media: Book
ISBN: 816624356
Language: English
Pages: 176