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Author Martin, Courtney E.

Title Perfect girls, starving daughters : the frightening new normalcy of hating your body / Courtney E. Martin.

Imprint New York : Free Press, c2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  616.8526 M363p 2007    ---  Available
Description xiii, 330 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-310) and index.
Contents Perfect girls, starving daughters -- From good to perfect: feminism's unintended legacy -- The male mirror: her father's eyes -- (Perfect) girl talk: inside today's teenagers' minds and stomachs -- Sex as a cookie: growing up hungry -- The revolution still will not be televised: pop, hip-hop, race, and the media -- What men want: the truth about attraction, porn, and the pursuit -- All-or-nothing nation: diets, extreme makeovers, and the obesity epidemic -- Past the dedication is disease: athletic obsession -- The college years: body obsession boot camp -- The real world ain't no MTV: how the body becomes the punching bag for post-college disappointment -- Spiritual hunger -- Stepping through the looking glass: our new stories.
Subject Body image in women.
Eating disorders in women.
Self-esteem in women.
ISBN 0743287967 : $25.00
9780743287968 : $25.00
Standard No. YDXCP 2465693
AU@ 000041629200

 
    
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