Fasting Girls: The Emergence of Anorexia Nervosa as a Modern Disease by Joan Jacobs Brumberg

Fasting Girls: The Emergence of Anorexia Nervosa as a Modern Disease

Joan Jacobs Brumberg

355 pages hardcover 1988

4 editions

nonfiction health history psychology informative tense medium-paced
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Traces the historic roots of anorexia nervosa from its emergence during the Victorian era to its pervasiveness in the twentieth century and explores the cultural significance of appetite control in women's lives

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