Hunger Strike: The Anorectic's Struggle as a Metaphor for Our Age

Susie Orbach

Hunger Strike: The Anorectic's Struggle as a Metaphor for Our Age
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
27 September 2019
Pages
216
ISBN
9780367324902

Hunger Strike: The Anorectic’s Struggle as a Metaphor for Our Age

Susie Orbach

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

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