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The Obsession

Kim Chernin

The Obsession is a deeply committed and beautifully written analysis of our society's increasing demand that women be thin. It offers a careful, thought provoking discussion of the reasons men have encouraged this obsession and women have embraced it. It is a book about women's efforts to become thin rather than to accept the natural dimensions of their bodies--a book about the meaning of food and its rejection.

GenresWeight loss

206 pages, 3 editions

English edition · First published 1981 by Harper and Row · ISBN 9780060909673

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Editions

3 editions

English

  • The obsession · Harper and Row · 1981 · ISBN 9780060909673 This page
  • The Obsession · HarperCollins · 2008 · ISBN 9780061659485
  • The Obsession · HarperCollins · 2008 · ISBN 9780061659478

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