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Speaking in Hunger

Speaking in Hunger Gender, Discourse, and Consumption in Clarissa - Cultural Frames, Framing Culture

Hardback (30 Mar 1998)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Drawing on history, clinical studies and literature, this study approaches anorexia as a dangerous strategy employed by healthy young people of both sexes against unrealistic expectations of perfection. It is illustrated by a reading of "Clarissa", Samuel Richardson's novel of a "fasting" girl.

Book information

ISBN: 9781570032264
Publisher: The University of South Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of South Carolina Press
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Language: English
Number of pages: 180
Weight: 445g
Height: 230mm
Width: 160mm
Spine width: 19mm