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Orbach, Susie : Hunger Strike : The Anorectic's Struggle for Survival as a Metaphor for Our Age

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1986

ISBN 0393022781

First Printing of the First American Edition (stated). A feminist discussion of the nature of anorexia and anorectics, the author positing that society is engaged in a conspiracy to alienate women from their bodies in order to degrade and exploit them, inculcating a false aesthetic of beauty and self-worth or lack thereof, anorexia then being a 'cry of protest' at this system of oppression; contains bibliography, index. Hardcover with dust jacket, 201pp., d.j. shows slight edgewear. A very nice copy overall. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Near Fine

First American Edition (stated).

Orbach, Susie : Hunger Strike : The Anorectic's Struggle for Survival As a Metaphor for Our Age

W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 1986

ISBN 0393022781

FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A discussion of the social, political, and gender aspects of 'anorexia nervosa', as perceived from a feminist perspective, the author presenting her view of the illness as being reflective of far larger issues in society and culture. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains bibliography, indexed, 201pp., d.j. shows two vertical creases to inside front flap. A nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Near Fine

First Edition (stated).

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