Eating Disorders in Contemporary French Women's Writing

by Lucille Cairns

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1802077952
• ISBN13: 9781802077957
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.8"