Starving for salvation [electronic resource] : the spiritual dimensions of eating problems among American girls and women / Michelle Mary Lelwica.

Author/Creator:

Lelwica, Michelle Mary.

Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (220 p.)

Subjects:

Eating disorders -- Patients -- Religious life.
Women -- Health and hygiene -- Religious aspects.

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Language:

English

Summary:

Lelwica puts forward a hypothesis about eating disorders that has both theoretical and clinical implications, identifying them as specifically religious problems symbolizing a yearning for spiritual fulfilment that can be addressed with religious resources.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; ONE: BODIES OF EVIDENCE, BODIES OF KNOWLEDGE: Contemporary Approaches, Historical Perspectives, New Directions; TWO: THE GOOD, THE TRUE, AND THE BEAUTIFUL FEMALE BODY: Popular Icons of Womanhood and the Salvation Myth of Female Slendemess; THREE: LOSING THEIR WAY TO SALVATION: Popular Rituals of Womanhood and the Saving Promises of Culture Lite; FOUR: UNIVERSES OF MEANING, WORLDS OF PAIN: The Struggles of Anorexic and Bulimic Girls and Women; FIVE: A DIFFERENT KIND OF SALVATION: Cultivating Alternative Senses, Practices, and Visions; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
AB; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; O; P; R; S

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-47201-4
9786610472017
0-19-535193-2
1-4237-6031-X

OCLC:

476012336

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