Anorexia Multiforme: Self-Starvation in Historical and Cultural Context
@article{DiNicola1990AnorexiaMS, title={Anorexia Multiforme: Self-Starvation in Historical and Cultural Context}, author={V F DiNicola}, journal={Transcultural Psychiatry}, year={1990}, volume={27}, pages={245 - 286} }
cause, a trigger, or merely a kind of social address or envelope which determines in which segments of society or in which cultures anorexia nervosa will appear? I will argue that however we conceive of the connection between culture and anorexia nervosa, this cultural connection must be included in any comprehensive interpretation. The strong thesis of this connection is that culture acts as a cause by providing a blueprint for anorexia nervosa; Orbach’s (1986) feminist hypothesis of anorexia…
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