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The Good Body: Asceticism in Contemporary Culture by Mary G. Winkler, Letha B. Cole (Paperback, 2011)

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What are the reasons for the current epidemic of eating disorders, the increasing obsession with exercise, diet, and cosmetic surgery, the constant exhortations to look and feel good? This engrossing book examines our concern with the good body from a wide variety of perspectives, putting it in the contexts of contemporary culture and of ancient ascetic practices of self-denial. A range of experts?psychiatrists, psychologists, literary scholars, historians, a philosopher, a theologian, an anthropologist, and the former director of a center for abused women?join together to discuss why control of our bodies has become so important in contemporary culture and why society must provide its members with more positive ways to define and empower themselves. The authors discuss issues that shed light on current attitudes toward the body, such as the effects of sexual victimization on body image, a report defining the behavior of battered women as a form of maladaptive self-denial, the influence of science on predominant notions of the good body (for example, the biomedical version of premenstrual syndrome), the legal restrictions on diet pills and supplements, Flannery O'Connor's celebration of embodiment in her final novel, Parker's Back, the impact of cultural ideals of masculine beauty on men, and much more.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-13
9780300183092
eBay Product ID (ePID)
113022594

Product Key Features

Author
Mary G. Winkler, Letha B. Cole
Publication Name
The Good Body: Asceticism in Contemporary Culture
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Sociology, Zoology, Psychology
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
256 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
230mm
Item Width
157mm
Item Weight
390g

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Mary G. Winkler, Letha B. Cole

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