Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-182) and index.
Contents
A cult grows in America -- Men and women -- Food, dieting, and recovery -- Fitness and cosmetic surgery -- Becoming a certain body -- Joining the cult of thinness -- From disorderly eating to eating disorder: the cultural context of anorexia and bulimia -- New recruits for the cult of thinness: young girls, men, and ethnic women -- Breaking free from the cult of thinness.
