Hunger Strike The Anorectic's Struggle as a Metaphor for our Age
In this classic text originally published in 1986 Susie Orbach brilliantly examines the anorectic's struggle. Anorexia is a battle; a battle to be thin; a battle of wills denial versus desire. It is also about control; by conquering feelings of hunger the anorectic woman aspires to conquer her emotional feelings as well. For Orbach the stru | Hunger Strike The Anorectic's Struggle as a Metaphor for our Age