by Mary Pipher · Random House Publishing Group · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780345413932
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«Hunger Pains: The Modern Woman's Tragic Quest for Thinness» is Mary Pipher's essay in paperback (144 pages, in English).
Mary Pipher analyzes how a culture obsessed with appearance pushes women into a painful relationship with their bodies. Drawing on her experience as a clinical psychologist, she addresses body dissatisfaction, dieting, and disorders such as anorexia or bulimia, and proposes a path to understanding one's own desires and fears and reconciling with one's own body and appetite.
This 1997 edition, published by Random House Publishing Group, includes bibliographic references and falls within health and wellness literature.
A read for women suffering aesthetic pressure and for readers interested in the psychology of eating disorders and mental health.
