The Good Body: Asceticism in Contemporary Culture

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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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0300056281

ISBN13:9780300056280

Release Date:August 1994

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"

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Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Medicine & Psychology Psychology Psychology & Counseling Social Science Social Sciences

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