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The Obsession

Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness

By Kim Chernin

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| Paperback | 9780060925055

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The Obsession is a deeply committed and beautifully written analysis of our society's increasing demand that women be thin. It offers a careful, thought provoking discussion of the reasons men have encouraged this obsession and women have embraced it. It is a book about women's efforts to Continue

The Obsession is a deeply committed and beautifully written analysis of our society's increasing demand that women be thin. It offers a careful, thought provoking discussion of the reasons men have encouraged this obsession and women have embraced it. It is a book about women's efforts to become thin rather than to accept the natural dimensions of their bodies--a book about the meaning of food and its rejection.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 240 Pages
  • Edition: Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 0060925051
  • ISBN-13: 9780060925055
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial
  • Pub date: Apr 13, 1994
  • Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Unbound and Others
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