Eating Disorders in Contemporary French Women’s Writing
Author | : Lucille Cairns |
Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2023-05-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781802076486 |
ISBN-13 | : 1802076484 |
Rating | : 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Download or read book Eating Disorders in Contemporary French Women’s Writing written by Lucille Cairns and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eating Disorders in Contemporary French Women’s Writing examines the most common types of Eating Disorders (EDs) - anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa/bulimarexia, and binge eating disorder - as represented in contemporary French women’s literature. The primary corpus comprises 40 autobiographical (and very occasionally autofictional) texts complemented by ample reference, and sometimes challenge, to clinical, medically-researched based, or theoretical publications on EDs.