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- Total Pages: 388
- Size: 28.8 MB
- ISBN: 9780375724480
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The author of the book ‘Fasting Girls’ is Joan Jacobs Brumberg. It is a comprehensive history of women’s food refusal dating back to the 16th century. It analyzes the evolution of anorexia nervosa from medieval self-starvation, and Victorian fasting girls, to modern dieting practices. The book sustains compassion for victims and their families, offering insights into this complex, modern, and characteristically female disease.
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