The Obsession: Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780060925055)

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.

Author: Kim Chernin
ISBN-10: 0060925051
ISBN-13: 9780060925055
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Language: English
Published: 04/13/1994
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.28w x 0.59d