The Resource Abject relations : everyday worlds of anorexia, Megan Warin
Abject relations : everyday worlds of anorexia, Megan Warin
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The item Abject relations : everyday worlds of anorexia, Megan Warin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Abject relations : everyday worlds of anorexia, Megan Warin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Abject Relations presents an alternative approach to anorexia, long considered the epitome of a Western obsession with individualism, beauty, self-control, and autonomy. Through detailed ethnographic investigations, Megan Warin looks at the heart of what it means to live with anorexia on a daily basis. Participants describe difficulties with social relatedness, not being at home in their body, and feeling disgusting and worthless. For them, anorexia becomes a seductive and empowering practice that cleanses bodies of shame and guilt, becomes a friend and support, and allows
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 229 pages)
- Contents
-
- Steering a course between fields
- Knowing through the body
- The complexities of being anorexic
- Abject relations with food
- "Me and my disgusting body"
- Be-coming clean
- Reimagining anorexia
- Isbn
- 9780813548210
- Label
- Abject relations : everyday worlds of anorexia
- Title
- Abject relations
- Title remainder
- everyday worlds of anorexia
- Statement of responsibility
- Megan Warin
- Subject
-
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anorexia nervosa -- Patients | Psychology
- Anorexia nervosa -- Social aspects
- Anorexia nervosa -- Social aspects
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases | Nervous System (incl. Brain)
- Lichaamsattitude
- MEDICAL -- General
- Sekseverschillen
- Sociale relaties
- Anorexia Nervosa -- psychology
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Abject Relations presents an alternative approach to anorexia, long considered the epitome of a Western obsession with individualism, beauty, self-control, and autonomy. Through detailed ethnographic investigations, Megan Warin looks at the heart of what it means to live with anorexia on a daily basis. Participants describe difficulties with social relatedness, not being at home in their body, and feeling disgusting and worthless. For them, anorexia becomes a seductive and empowering practice that cleanses bodies of shame and guilt, becomes a friend and support, and allows
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Warin, Megan
- Dewey number
- 362.196/85262
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RC552.A5
- LC item number
- W37 2010eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
-
- 2010 A-350
- WM 175
- NLM item number
- W276a 2010
- Series statement
- Studies in medical anthropology
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anorexia Nervosa
- HEALTH & FITNESS
- MEDICAL
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anorexia nervosa
- Sociale relaties
- Lichaamsattitude
- Sekseverschillen
- Label
- Abject relations : everyday worlds of anorexia, Megan Warin
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Steering a course between fields -- Knowing through the body -- The complexities of being anorexic -- Abject relations with food -- "Me and my disgusting body" -- Be-coming clean -- Reimagining anorexia
- Control code
- 781635125
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 229 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813548210
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt4jvw9q
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)781635125
- Label
- Abject relations : everyday worlds of anorexia, Megan Warin
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Steering a course between fields -- Knowing through the body -- The complexities of being anorexic -- Abject relations with food -- "Me and my disgusting body" -- Be-coming clean -- Reimagining anorexia
- Control code
- 781635125
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 229 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813548210
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt4jvw9q
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)781635125
Subject
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anorexia nervosa -- Patients | Psychology
- Anorexia nervosa -- Social aspects
- Anorexia nervosa -- Social aspects
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases | Nervous System (incl. Brain)
- Lichaamsattitude
- MEDICAL -- General
- Sekseverschillen
- Sociale relaties
- Anorexia Nervosa -- psychology
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