The Cult of Thinness by Sharlene Hesse-Biber, Patricia Leavy

The Cult of Thinness

Sharlene Hesse-Biber, Patricia Leavy

271 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health psychology informative slow-paced
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Whether they are rich or poor, liberal or conservative, religious or atheist, thriving or stagnant, most American women have one thing in common--they want to be thin--or thinner. And they are willing to go to extraordinary lengths to get that way...

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