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Eating Disorders in Contemporary French Women’s Writing examines the most common types of Eating Disorders (EDs) - anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa/bulimarexia, and binge eating disorder - as represented in contemporary French women’s literature. The primary corpus comprises 40 autobiographical (and very occasionally autofictional) texts complemented by ample reference, and sometimes challenge, to clinical, medically-researched based, or theoretical publications on EDs.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Publisher’s Note
Dedication

Chapter 1: Anorexia Nervosa (Restrictor Type)
Chapter 2: Bulimia Nervosa/Bulimarexia
Chapter 3: Binge Eating Disorder
Conclusion

Bibliography
Appendix: Commonalities - Salient Points, Tropes and Motifs in Different Eating Disorders Emerging from the Primary Texts, and References Thereto from the Secondary Literature (Clinical, Medically-research based, and Critical Theory)

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      Publisher Liverpool University Press
      Published 1 June 2023
      ISBN-13 9781802077957
      978-1802077957
      ISBN-10 1802077952
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      Literary studies: general Eating disorders and therapy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Eating Disorders in Contemporary French Women’s Writing examines the most common types of Eating Disorders (EDs) - anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa/bulimarexia, and binge eating disorder - as represented in contemporary French women’s literature. The primary corpus comprises 40 autobiographical (and very occasionally autofictional) texts complemented by ample reference, and sometimes challenge, to clinical, medically-researched based, or theoretical publications on EDs.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements
      Publisher’s Note
      Dedication

      Chapter 1: Anorexia Nervosa (Restrictor Type)
      Chapter 2: Bulimia Nervosa/Bulimarexia
      Chapter 3: Binge Eating Disorder
      Conclusion

      Bibliography
      Appendix: Commonalities - Salient Points, Tropes and Motifs in Different Eating Disorders Emerging from the Primary Texts, and References Thereto from the Secondary Literature (Clinical, Medically-research based, and Critical Theory)

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