{"product_id":"eating-disorders-in-a-capitalist-world","title":"Eating Disorders In A Capitalist World","description":"\u003cp\u003eFeminist critique has yet to deconstruct the new ‘superwoman’ ideal: the modern woman who can and must have everything, but who, in reality, is never good enough. This media myth is fertile ground for harmful practices that focus on a woman’s own body and of course for specific consumerist behaviours. Media equalization of success, self-control, and attractiveness with a thin, healthy body frame these achievements as individual responsibility. Thus, in a society where women can now do anything, only the woman herself can be blamed if she does not achieve her full potential. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining scientific approach with personal voices, \u003cem\u003eEating Disorders in a Capitalist World\u003c\/em\u003e presents a critical analysis of the social context of eating disorders based on in-depth interviews with women suffering from anorexia and bulimia. Employing a variety of influential socio-cultural theories, Jelena Balabanic Mavrovic closely relates various environmental influences on the development of low self-esteem, poor self-image and body dissatisfaction to the shaping of normative femininity and the experience of gender socialization in Western society. Chapters also provide a detailed review of the socio-historical development of discourses and practices related to anorexia and bulimia, including ‘healthism’, the war on obesity, and other current trends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding a new perspective on female identity, \u003cem\u003eEating Disorders in a Capitalist World\u003c\/em\u003e offers a complete insight into the world of eating disorders in today’s society, exposing how new forms of freedom for women have also become new forms of self-surveillance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57305851232638,"sku":"NW9781804557877","price":65.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781804557877.jpg?v=1778518720","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/eating-disorders-in-a-capitalist-world","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}