The obsession

By Kim Chernin

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

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.