{"product_id":"spirituality-of-anorexia-paperback-softback","title":"Spirituality of Anorexia - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWidely popularized images of unobtainable and damaging feminine ideals can be a cause of profound disjunction between women and their bodies. A consequence of this dissonance is an embodied performance of these ideals with the potential development of disordered eating practices, such as anorexia nervosa. This book develops a spirituality of anorexia by suggesting that these eating disorders are physical symptoms of the general repression of feminine nature in our culture. Furthermore, it puts forward Goddess feminism as a framework for a healing therapeutic model to address anorexia and more broadly, the \"slender ideal\" touted by society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book focuses on the female body in contemporary society, specifically the development of anorexia nervosa, and what this expression communicates about female embodiment. Drawing upon the work of a variety of theorists, social commentators, liberation theologians and thealogians, it discusses the benefits of adopting female-focused myths, symbols and rituals, drawing upon the work of Marion Woodman and Naomi Goldenberg. Ultimately, it theorises a thealogical approach to anorexia aimed at displacing the damaging discourses that undermine women in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering an alternative model of spirituality and embodiment for contemporary women, this book will be of keen interest to scholars of theology, religious studies, gender studies and psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45564246261998,"sku":"9780367589578","price":67.19,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/spirituality-of-anorexia-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}