The Construction of Eating Disorders: Psychiatry, Politics and Cultural Representations of Disordered...

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Alison Fixsen

The Construction of Eating Disorders

Psychiatry, Politics and Cultural Representations of Disordered Eating

Alison Fixsen

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Palgrave Macmillan
17 December 2024

Anthropology; Psychological theory & schools of thought; Medical sociology; Clinical psychology; Eating disorders & therapy

Series: The Politics of Mental Health and Illness

This ground breaking book draws on original research to critically examine the construction of eating disorders and disordered eating, in an analysis that encompasses psychiatry, cultural representations, and the politics of eating disorders. Challenging the idea that disordered eating is an individual, marginal issue, the book explores how disordered eating, and the classification of eating disorders (EDs), reflect deep societal disruptions, regulatory practices, and sometimes violent attempts to manage non-conformity. It demonstrates the impact of biomedical, psychiatric, legal, pharmaceutical, technical and consumer groups, as well as that of the fast-food, fashion, media and social media industries. Novel areas explored include eating disorders and the justice system, eating disorders and food landscapes, “lifestyle” eating disorders, and the role of capitalism and colonialism in the emerging biopolitics of food and bodies. Centrally, it reveals how these forces shape the ways that eating disorders are perceived, spoken of, written about, and managed within institutions and wider society. The book will appeal to scholars and students of mental health, psychology, sociology, gender studies, criminology, food justice, and anyone interested in the future of our health.

By: Alison Fixsen
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 2024 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
ISBN: 9783031703171
ISBN 10: 3031703170
Series: The Politics of Mental Health and Illness
Pages: 319
Publication Date: 17 December 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2.The Sociology of ‘Unruly Bodies’ (see first unfinished draft attached).- Chapter 3.The social and industrial construction of anorexia nervosa.- Chapter 4. The medical and institutional treatment of eating disorders.- Chapter 5.The labelling and treatment of EDs: a cross cultural professional perspective.- Chapter 6.Neoliberal bodies and aesthetic labour.- Chapter 7.Body modification, healthism, and the fitness.- Chapter 8.Deconstructing the ‘pro-eating disorder’ movement.-Chapter 9.eating disorders on screen.- Chapter 10.Orthorexia nervosa: The social and industrial construction of a new eating disorder.- Conclusions.

Alison Fixsen is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology in the School of Social Sciences, University of Westminster, UK. Alison has had decades of experience in the food, health, and higher education sector, including previous work managing a vegetarian wholefood business and as a complementary therapist before completing her Professional Doctorate in Higher Education Practice. Since 2012, Dr Fixsen has authored over 34 journal papers and book chapters on a wide range of issues relating to the critical mental health and gender studies, neoliberalism and self-care, eating disorders, prescription drug use and critical approaches to social prescribing.