The Construction of Eating Disorders Psychiatry, Politics and Cultural Representations of Disordered Eating
Fixsen, Alison · University of Westminster Research
This book draws on original research to critically examine the social and industrial construction of eating disorders and disordered eating, in an analysis that encompasses psychiatry and health, cultural representations, and the politics of eating disorders. Centrally, it examines the extent to which eating disorders are not ‘made’ by individuals, but rathe…