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MacLeod situates her experience within the postPill era, when shifting social freedoms brought new contradictions for women. In this climate, she observes, the pressures to balance self-expression, sexuality, and conformity drove many young women into paradoxical acts of control starvation as a means of power, art, and self-definition.
The book explores how female identity, body image, and cultural ideals of womanhood intertwine with the psychological need for autonomy. It also questions how medicine and psychiatry have historically approached anorexia sometimes pathologizing symptoms without grasping their existential or social roots.
Sheila MacLeod has written what amounts to a fascinating detective story about the inner motivation of anorexic girls... Her book provides vital insights into how adolescent females react to their maturing selves, their mothers, and a society that imposes the role called feminine. Jill Tweedie
An autobiographical history of anorexia nervosa and a critical review of the literature... A truly original work and basic reading for anyone interested in anorexia. Morton Schatzman
