The obsession

By Kim Chernin

Subjects: Aspect psychologique, Sociology, Perte de poids, Slankheid, Reducing, Obesity, Social aspects of Reducing, Psychological aspects of Weight loss, Women, psychology, Reducing Diet, Body image, Social aspects of Weight loss, Aspect social, Weight loss, Psychology, Psychological aspects, Popular Works, Nonfiction, Women, Psychological aspects of Reducing, Vrouwen, Prevention & control, Social aspects

Description: The Obsession is a deeply committed and beautifully written analysis of our society's increasing demand that women be thin. It offers a careful, thought provoking discussion of the reasons men have encouraged this obsession and women have embraced it. It is a book about women's efforts to become thin rather than to accept the natural dimensions of their bodies—a book about the meaning of food and its rejection.