The Obsession: Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness by Kim Chernin

The Obsession: Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness

Kim Chernin

240 pages first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction feminism psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The Obsession is a deeply committed and beautifully written analysis of our society's increasing demand that women be thin. It offers a careful, thought provoking discussion of the reasons men have encouraged this obsession and women have embraced...

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