Fasting Girls

Fasting Girls: The History of Anorexia Nervosa Library Binding – June 26, 2008

Author: Visit Amazon's Joan Jacobs Brumberg Page | Language: English | ISBN: 1439503729 | Format: PDF, EPUB

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Fasting Girls: The History of Anorexia Nervosa Library Binding – June 26, 2008
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• Library Binding: 374 pages
• Publisher: Paw Prints 2008-06-26; Reprint edition (June 26, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1439503729
• ISBN-13: 978-1439503720
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,649,768 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

I've become an avid reader of medical history. When in medical school for my degree in neuroscience, my favorite class was one that dealt with the neurological basis of psychiatric disorders. The professor had MDs come in with a patient with a particular problem (Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, anorexia) and we would have the opportunity to listen to them tell their own story and their frustrations with their illness.
When they brought in a girl who was probably 5'8" and weight 78 pounds, it was fascinating to see the guys in the class who were normally very vocal and aggressive, totally shut up! From behind she looked like someone from a Nazi concentration camp, yet she continued to consider herself 'fat'. When she left, the MD had the nerve to turn around and tell the boys, that basically...anorexia was the fault of men. All of us were stunned. He put up an obviously much used power point slide showing the weights of women in both Playboy magazines and in the Miss USA pageant from the beginning to that year (1997). The line was steep and steady from the upper left-hand corner of the slide to the bottom right corner of the slide. This was the change in weight of the women who were participating in these 'endeavors' that the MD said were run by men (it was a male MD). Then he went further and said...most women's magazines are still mainly male bastions, as is the fashion industry both here and in Europe. The men in the class were absolutely horrified (and the women were thrilled that someone had the nerve to say this to them!)
This outstanding book is a must read for anyone going into psychology, neuroscience, working with adolescents, education, public health, etc. I've read few books with such deep understanding as to the history and ramifications of social mores on young women and girls.

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