Widely popularized images of unobtainable and damaging feminine
ideals can be a cause of profound disjunction between women and
their bodies. A consequence of this dissonance is an embodied
performance of these ideals with the potential development of
disordered eating practices, such as anorexia nervosa. This book
develops a spirituality of anorexia by suggesting that these eating
disorders are physical symptoms of the general repression of
feminine nature in our culture. Furthermore, it puts forward
Goddess feminism as a framework for a healing therapeutic model to
address anorexia and more broadly, the "slender ideal" touted by
society. The book focuses on the female body in contemporary
society, specifically the development of anorexia nervosa, and what
this expression communicates about female embodiment. Drawing upon
the work of a variety of theorists, social commentators, liberation
theologians and thealogians, it discusses the benefits of adopting
female-focused myths, symbols and rituals, drawing upon the work of
Marion Woodman and Naomi Goldenberg. Ultimately, it theorises a
thealogical approach to anorexia aimed at displacing the damaging
discourses that undermine women in the twenty-first century.
Offering an alternative model of spirituality and embodiment for
contemporary women, this book will be of keen interest to scholars
of theology, religious studies, gender studies and psychology.
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