Hunger So Wide and So Deep: A Multiracial View of Women's Eating Problems
Becky Thompson
(Author)
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.Product Details
Price
$27.00
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Publish Date
July 15, 1996
Pages
176
Dimensions
6.01 X 8.99 X 0.4 inches | 0.52 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780816624355
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About the Author
BECKY THOMPSON is Professor of Sociology at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts.