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Anoreksi og agens

Kropsfilosofiske overvejelser om Cecilie Linds patografi Scarykost

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ID16944752
AuthorsT Skiveren (0000-0003-2221-1063, Aarhus University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume49
Issue131
Pages39-58
Publication date2021-06-27
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueK&K - Kultur og Klasse (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0905-6998 • E-ISSN: 2246-2589
PublisherDet Kgl. Bibliotek/Royal Danish Library (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.7146/kok.v49i131.127482
OpenAlexW3175670433
LanguageEN
References cited13

Cultural studies and gender studies hold long-standing traditions for studying people with eating disorders as either passive objects subjected to misogynist discourses or subversive agents that negotiate societal norms. In both cases, agency is primarily investigated as a phenomenon that unfolds between the anorectic individual and the surrounding society. In contrast, this article explores how the question of agency also unfolds within the anorectic her-/himself. It does so by setting up a dialogue between the anorectic testimony of Cecilie Lind’s pathography Scarykost (2016) and philosophical ideas of corporeality in feminist new materialism, affect theory, and phenomenology. Ultimately, the article argues that the anorectic subject is not a homogenous individual that can easily be classified as either passive or active, but comprises an infra-corporeal landscape of social, psychic, and biological forms of agency that struggle to determine the will of the anorectic “I.” In that way, the article pushes back on the tendency in cultural and gender studies to make generalizing claims about the anorectic’s subversive agency – or lack thereof

Aesthetics · Anorectic · Body weight · Epistemology · Materialism · Negotiation · Phenomenon · Psychic · Psychoanalysis · Social science · Sociology · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Medicine · Obesity and Health Practices · Philosophy · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism · Psychology · Social Psychology

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