Browsing Lambda Alpha Journal, v.32, 2002 by Author "Yoder, Traci"
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Starving in silence: food refusal as social protest in Western culture
Yoder, Traci (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2002)Focus of this paper is anorexia nervosa. Anorexics follow a pattern of food refusal so rigid that it can lead to death if untreated. Ninety percent of people diagnosed with anorexia are women. Author believes that this ...