Eating disorders : anatomy of a social epidemic

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In an extensively revised new edition of the successful Anorexia and Bulimia, Richard Gordon includes new information and discussion of the latest ideas in this rapidly growing research field. The past two decades have witnessed an enormous increase in the number of cases of eating disorders in industrial societies.

Preface to the Second Edition	p. vi
Preface	p. x
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
1 Culture and Psychopathology: The Notion of an Ethnic Disorder	p. 1
2 Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa	p. 14
3 Dimensions of an Epidemic: The Epidemiology of Eating Disorders	p. 57
4 A Conflicted Female Identity	p. 94
5 The Thin Body Ideal	p. 117
6 The War Against Fat: Obesity, Dieting, and Exercise	p. 140
7 The Templates of a Disease	p. 166
8 The Cultural Politics of Eating Disorders	p. 189
Notes	p. 215
Index	p. 276

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