Am I Thin Enough Yet? - Hesse-Biber, Sharlene
41,99 €
inkl. MwSt.
Versandkostenfrei*
Versandfertig in über 4 Wochen
payback
21 °P sammeln
  • Broschiertes Buch

In "The Cult of Thinness", Sharlene Hesse-Biber builds on interviews with young women about their weight and body image and connects women's eating patterns to images in popular culture. Linking eating disorders to contemporary social, cultural, and economic pressures on women to be thin, Hesse-Biber argues that diet and workout industries profit from this cult of thinness and help to perpetuate it.
In "one of the most powerful and compelling arguments about the culture of thinness" ("Choice"), the former director of the Women's Studies Program at Boston College highlights the various ways…mehr

Andere Kunden interessierten sich auch für
Produktbeschreibung
In "The Cult of Thinness", Sharlene Hesse-Biber builds on interviews with young women about their weight and body image and connects women's eating patterns to images in popular culture. Linking eating disorders to contemporary social, cultural, and economic pressures on women to be thin, Hesse-Biber argues that diet and workout industries profit from this cult of thinness and help to perpetuate it.
In "one of the most powerful and compelling arguments about the culture of thinness" ("Choice"), the former director of the Women's Studies Program at Boston College highlights the various ways in which American families, schools, popular culture, and the health and fitness industry undermine young women's self-confidence as they inculcate the notions that thinness is beauty and a woman's body is more important than her mind. Illustrations.
Autorenporträt
Sharlene Hesse-Biber is Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston College. The former director of the Women's Studies Program at Boston College, she is founding director of the National Association for Women in Catholic Higher Education.