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The social construction of anorexia nervosa / Julie Hepworth.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Inquiries in social constructionPublication details: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (146 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585330050
  • 9780585330051
  • 9781446217306
  • 1446217302
  • 9780761953098
  • 0761953094
  • 0761953086
  • 9780761953081
  • 9781848609006
  • 1848609000
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Social construction of anorexia nervosa.DDC classification:
  • 362.1/9685262 21
LOC classification:
  • RC552.A5 H46 1999eb
NLM classification:
  • 1999 E-796
  • WM 175
Other classification:
  • 44.06
  • CU 4000
  • CU 3400
Online resources:
Contents:
pt. I. Early Ideas About Self-starvation and Anorexia Nervosa -- 1. From Religion to Madness: Religious and Medical Interpretations of Self-starvation -- 2. The Late Nineteenth Century Medical Discovery of Anorexia Nervosa -- 3. Early Social, Cultural and Feminist Theories of Anorexia Nervosa -- pt. II. Health Care Workers' Constructions of Anorexia Nervosa -- 4. Constructions of Gender and Identity in Anorexia Nervosa -- 5. The Multiplicity and Diversity of Causes of Anorexia Nervosa -- 6. Clinical Treatments for Anorexia Nervosa -- pt. III. Postmodernism, the Body and Therapy: Implications for Practice -- 7. Anorexia Nervosa, Postmodern Readings of the Body and Narrative Therapy -- 8. Self, Psychology and Participation in the Public Domain.
Summary: Examining the ways in which practitioners work with the complexities of anorexia and resolve clinical dilemmas and ambiguities, Hepworth critically discusses the contribution of postmodernism to the explanation and treatment of the condition.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-136) and index.

Examining the ways in which practitioners work with the complexities of anorexia and resolve clinical dilemmas and ambiguities, Hepworth critically discusses the contribution of postmodernism to the explanation and treatment of the condition.

Print version record.

pt. I. Early Ideas About Self-starvation and Anorexia Nervosa -- 1. From Religion to Madness: Religious and Medical Interpretations of Self-starvation -- 2. The Late Nineteenth Century Medical Discovery of Anorexia Nervosa -- 3. Early Social, Cultural and Feminist Theories of Anorexia Nervosa -- pt. II. Health Care Workers' Constructions of Anorexia Nervosa -- 4. Constructions of Gender and Identity in Anorexia Nervosa -- 5. The Multiplicity and Diversity of Causes of Anorexia Nervosa -- 6. Clinical Treatments for Anorexia Nervosa -- pt. III. Postmodernism, the Body and Therapy: Implications for Practice -- 7. Anorexia Nervosa, Postmodern Readings of the Body and Narrative Therapy -- 8. Self, Psychology and Participation in the Public Domain.

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