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Starving to life: anorexia nervosa and the birthing of the female self
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Starving to Life: Anorexia Nervosa and the Birthing of the Female Self. Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/faa12b31-e21b-46ae-ad1f-08872ba3f622?locale=en.APA citation style (7th ed.)
Starving to life: anorexia nervosa and the birthing of the female self. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/faa12b31-e21b-46ae-ad1f-08872ba3f622?locale=enChicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)
Starving to Life: Anorexia Nervosa and the Birthing of the Female Self. Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/faa12b31-e21b-46ae-ad1f-08872ba3f622?locale=en.Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
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- This research study was designed to explore the question: is the emaciated anorexic body in part an expression of a female's shame-based gender identity, particularly as born in the mother-daughter relationship? A methodology of in-depth interviews with three 'post-anorexic' (physically recovered) women was the foundation of this qualitative study. A coding table linking shame, female identity, and the mother-daughter relationship allowed for quantification of the data. The results indicated deep shame around female identity, although the anorexia appeared more an effort to break free from a shame-bound self than a symbol of it. The implications of this study point pastoral psychotherapists toward the meaning structures operative in these women's lives and how they might inform the therapeutic process.
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