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| #49142 in Books | 2006-10-13 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 5.40 x.50 x8.20l,.73 | File type: PDF | 288 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Richly insightful|By Anna J.|I picked this book up off of my stepsister's desk -- she was reading it for a gender studies class -- and I was so drawn in by it that I had to get my own copy. It is a sociology book, so it is somewhat drier and more academic than most pop psychology volumes. But the author did an excellent job exploring the cultural forces of America's puritanical
Whether they are rich or poor, liberal or conservative, religious or atheist, thriving or stagnant, most American women have one thing in common--they want to be thin--or thinner. And they are willing to go to extraordinary lengths to get that way, even to the point of starving themselves. Why are America's women so preoccupied with weight? Is there more to this preoccupation than weight alone? What has caused record numbers of young women--even before they reach their...
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