Eating disorders and magical control of the body : treatment through art therapy / by Mary Levens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levens, Mary, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eating disorders.

Art therapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

People with eating disorders often make desperate attempts to exert magical control over their bodies in response to the threats they experienced in relationships. Mary Levens takes the reader into the realm of magical thinking and its effect on ideas about eating and the body through a sensitive exploration of the images patients create in art therapy, in which themes of cannibalism constantly recur. Drawing on anthropology, religion and literature as well as psychoanalysis, she discusses the significance of these images and their implications for treatment of patients with eating disorders.<

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; Introduction to magic; Magic and eating; Magical control of the body; Body boundaries in patients with eating disorders; Eating and the body and eating the body; Body boundaries with relation to art; Art and psychic cannibalism; The therapeutic relationship; Why art?; Conclusion; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-82772-5

1-134-82771-7

9786611325657

0-203-13253-X

1-281-32565-1

9780203132531

OCLC:

647372954