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Article: Young Women and the Body: A Feminist Sociology. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
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- Adolescence
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- September 22, 2002
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FROST, Liz. Young Women and the Body: A Feminist Sociology. New York: Palgrave, 2001. 213pp. $65.00 (h), $21.95 (p).
Young Women and the Body advances the argument that an unhappy relationship with their own bodies is the common experience of contemporary Western young women. This book looks first at currently recognized body disorders -- eating disorders, self-harm and dysmorphic disorder -- and finds that these are primarily diagnosed in young women. Having briefly considered appropriate theoretical perspectives, it then proceeds to argue that ...