Becoming Anorexic - 9781138353336

Becoming AnorexicA sociological study\nAuthor(s): Muriel Darmon\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138353336, 978-1138353336\nSynopsis\nAnorexia tends to be studied within health disciplines, such as medicine, psychoanalysis or psychology. When the condition is discussed in relation to society more broadly, focus is commonly restricted to considerations about the demise of the traditional family meal or the all-pervading obsession with thinness and media representations of size zero models. But what can sociology tell us about anorexia and how a person becomes anorexic? This book draws on empirical research both interviews and observation conducted in and outside medical settings with anorexic girls, medical staff, teachers and other teenagers of the same age. As such, it offers the first fully sociological treatment of the condition, taking the reader closer to the actual experiences of people living with anore.