The hungry self; women, eating, and identity

By:

Chernin, Kim

Material type: Text

TextNew York Times Books c1985Description: xvii, 213 p.; bibliog. notesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0-8129-1146-6

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

RC552.A72 C44 1986

Contents:

Preface: The hunger knot. Part 1 Identity. Part 2 Daughters and mothers. Part 3 The primal feast. Part 4 Rites of passage

Abstract: 'Chernin shows that the problem of eating conceals a problem of identity, which rests in turn upon a hidden problem between mothers and daughters. Daughters, now called upon to surpass their mothers, are hindered by fear and guilt, trapped between the image of their mothers' lives and a new image of female potential.'

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Preface: The hunger knot. Part 1 Identity. Part 2 Daughters and mothers. Part 3 The primal feast. Part 4 Rites of passage

'Chernin shows that the problem of eating conceals a problem of identity, which rests in turn upon a hidden problem between mothers and daughters. Daughters, now called upon to surpass their mothers, are hindered by fear and guilt, trapped between the image of their mothers' lives and a new image of female potential.'

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