Anorexia

Bibliographic Data

ID22367883
AuthorsRebecca J Lester (0000-0003-3267-087X, Washington University in St. Louis, corresponding author)
Year2018
Pages1-9
Publication date2018-09-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeOTHER
VenueThe International Encyclopedia of Anthropology (JOURNAL)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea1586
OpenAlexW4247545533
ISBN9781118924396
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited15

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder identified in current Western biomedical psychiatry that is characterized by prolonged self‐starvation coupled with the fear of gaining weight or becoming fat. It was once thought to be a culture‐bound syndrome of white upper‐ to upper‐middle‐class girls in Western postindustrial societies, but phenomena that closely resemble anorexia have been identified in the historical record stretching back as far as the fifth century bce and have been documented in various ethnic groups and in diverse social strata around the world. Anthropologists have become increasingly interested in anorexia as both a domain of phenomenological experience and a site of epistemological production related to cultural understandings of moral personhood, intersubjectivity, and agency

Anorexia · Anorexia nervosa · Eating disorders · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Intersubjectivity · Personhood · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Gender Studies · Humor Studies and Applications · Medicine · Obesity and Health Practices · Philosophy · Psychology

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