{"product_id":"hunger-so-wide-and-so-becky-thompson-9780816624355","title":"Hunger So Wide and So Deep: A Multiracial View of Women's Eating Problems","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e A new feminist classic--now in paper! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Based on in-depth life history interviews with African-American, Latina, and white women-both lesbian and heterosexual-this book chronicles the effects of racism, sexism, acculturation, and sexual abuse on women's bodies and eating patterns. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A wonderful book: gripping, creative and profoundly humane. In lucid prose Thompson offers an original explanation for women's eating problems. She argues that many women turn to food-bingeing, dieting, purging, or starving- as a sensible means of coping with physical and psychic 'atrocities' deriving from 'racism, sexism, homophobia, classism, the stress of acculturation, and emotional, physical, and sexual abuse.'\" Women's Review of Books\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Surprising and alarming. . . . Thompson urges a second look at our national obsession with weight and proffers theories and practices that could save the lives of women of all colors and sexual orientations.\" Lambda Book Report\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Thompson breaks new ground and offers hope for the multitudes of women who have swallowed their pain.\" Evelyn C. White, Editor, The Black Women's Health Book\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Becky Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816624356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816624355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.01w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1996","brand":"Becky Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995617067263,"sku":"9780816624355","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd22da72-27bd-4cff-9505-4bd5429bc491.jpg?v=1683336825","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hunger-so-wide-and-so-becky-thompson-9780816624355","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}