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A hunger so wide and so deep : American women speak out on eating problems / Becky W. Thompson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thompson, Becky W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eating disorders--Etiology.
- Eating disorders.
- Abused women--Mental health.
- Abused women.
- Minority women--Mental health.
- Minority women.
- Eating disorders--Etiology--Social aspects.
- Eating disorders--Etiology--Political aspects.
- Women--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Based on in-depth life history interviews with African-American, Latina, and white women-both lesbian and heterosexual-this book chronicles the effects of racism, sexism, acculturation, and sexual abuse on women's bodies and eating patterns.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Making ""a Way outa No Way""; 2. Childhood Lessons: Culture, Race, Class, and Sexuality; 3. Ashes Thrown up in the Air; 4. Hungry and Hurting; 5. A Thousand Hungers; 6. In the Mourning There Is Light; Biographical Sketches; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-155) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-8586-X
- OCLC:
- 243613687
- Publisher Number:
- 9780816624348
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