Holy Anorexia

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By Rudolph M. Bell

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Holy Anorexia by Rudolph M. Bell explores the surprising parallels between contemporary anorexic teenagers and ascetic medieval saints, suggesting that the compulsive behaviours around food and body image have deep cultural roots. The book provides a historical and cultural analysis that challenges conventional views on anorexia, blending social history with scientific insight.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in health, wellness, cultural history, feminist thought, and the social dimensions of disease. It will particularly appeal to those seeking a deeper understanding of anorexia beyond its medical definitions.

An account which compares the contemporary anorexic teenager, counting every calorie in her single-minded pursuit of thinness, and the ascetic medieval saint, examining her every desire.

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Is there a resemblance between the contemporary anorexic teenager counting every calorie in her single-minded pursuit of thinness, and an ascetic medieval saint examining her every desire? Rudolph M. Bell suggests that the answer is yes.

Everyone interested in anorexia nervosa... should skim this book or study it. It will make you realise how dependent upon culture the definition of disease is. I will never look at an anorexic patient in the same way again. — Howard Spiro, M.D., Gastroenterology

This book is a first-class social history and is well-documented both in its historical and scientific portions. — Vern L. Bullough, American Historical Review

A significant contribution to revisionist history, which re-examines events in light of feminist thought... Bell is particularly skilful in describing behaviour within its time and culture, which would be bizarre by today's norms, without reducing it to the pathological. — Mary Lassance Parthun, Toronto Globe and Mail

Bell is both enlightened and convincing. His book is impressively researched, easy to read, and utterly fascinating. — Sheila MacLeod, New Statesman

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780226042053

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 June 1987

Country: United States

Imprint: University of Chicago Press

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 2.0mm

Width: 17.0mm

Height: 23.0mm

Weight: 425g

Pages: 255

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Education & Reference Health & Wellness Non-Fiction Religion & Spirituality Rudolph M. Bell

About the Author

Rudolph M. Bell, professor of history at Rutgers University, is the author of a number of books in Italian history, among them Fate and Honor, Family and Village: Demographic and Cultural Change in Rural Italy Since 1800, Holy Anorexia, How to Do It: Guides to Good Living for Renaissance Italians, and The Voices of Gemma Galgani: The Life and Afterlife of a Modern Saint (with Cristina Mazzoni), all published by the University of Chicago Press.