The Fat Lady Sings

A Psychological Exploration of the Cultural Fat Complex and its Effects

Cheryl Fuller (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

214 Seiten

2019
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-32785-9 (ISBN)

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This book examines the so-called War on Obesity as an example of a cultural complex, how that complex shapes the way fat is treated in psychotherapy, including the classical Jungian approach to fat, as written by Marion Woodman. It looks at the experience of being fat as an ongoing trauma.

Fuller, Cheryl

Introduction The silent woman -- Life in the panopticon -- The war on obesity: a cultural complex at work -- When a body meets a body: fat enters the consulting room -- Dancing with Marion Woodman: searching for meaning -- Woodman, my mother, and me -- Woodman and anger, food, eating, and control -- A last look at Woodman -- Memory, shame, and the fat body—pulling it all together -- My body, my self: toward a theory of fat and trauma -- Back to the consulting room: blind spots and remedies -- Coming out as fat

Erscheinungsdatum	11.07.2019
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	560 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychosomatik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
ISBN-10	0-367-32785-6 / 0367327856
ISBN-13	978-0-367-32785-9 / 9780367327859
Zustand	Neuware