Fasting Girls: The History of Anorexia Nervosa (Vintage)

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magic to read about the history about Anorexia, Joan J Brumberg did a Brilliant job of early encounters to nineteen eighties sort of modern eating disorders of to day.

A little academic to read, but very interesting and still easy to understand. Fantastic book, gives loads of ideas for further reading into the topic.

Useful book, quick delivery.

This book charts the history of disordered eating, from 1200 until the 1980s when it was written. It contains chapters charting the history of anorexia and the emergence of anorexia and later bulimia as medical conditions. It also explores the societal roots of eating disorders and therapeutic interventions. It is not a book about how to get better, but is more aimed at those wanting to understand the illness and its origins. It contains original thoughts which might not be found it more standard literature and is highly readable. I found it invaluable in my MSc and also helpful in the latter part of my recovery. Its likely that the updates version is even better than mine as it probably contains more up to date thought.