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Bodies
Bodies
paperback
Published:
7 January, 2010
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Description
Prizes
Winner of Association for Women in Psychology Distinguished Publication Award 2010 (United States),Long-listed for Foyles/Bristol Festival of Ideas Best Book of Ideas 2010 (UK)
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781846680298 |
| ISBN10 | 1846680298 |
| Number Of Pages | 192 |
| Item Weight | 167 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 13 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Main |
Media Reviews
A smart and rich compendium of what is going on within and without our bodies today ... in this brave and significant book, Orbach does battle with a full quiver of her own fire-tipped arrows, her blazing firebrand levelled at self-hatred in all its forms. * The Times *
This is a serious book - and one of the saddest I've read in a long time. It is grounded in compassion, righteous anger and practical good sense ... I came away having learnt something. We are at war with our own bodies, and both sides are losing. * Daily Mail *
A terrifying, terrific read * Scotland on Sunday *
Could make you rethink starting that post-Christmas diet. A 2010 must-have if you want to understand your body issues. * Now *
Original in her diagnoses and sympathetic in her treatment, she comes across as the intellectual lovechild of Freud and Trisha. How could this not be compulsive reading? -- Laura Silverman * Daily Mail *
Combining heartfelt polemic with heartbreaking case studies, Bodies unpicks the tangle of influences that conspire against a "stable body" -- Victoria Segal * Guardian *
[A] superb analysis of the range of ways one can change one's body and the number of images of the body one encounters. -- Lesley McDowell * Herald [Glasgow] *
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Author's Bio
Susie Orbach is a psychoanalyst and writer. She co-founded The Women's Therapy Centre in 1976 and is the author of many books including Fat is a Feminist Issue, Hunger Strike, On Eating, The Impossibility of Sex and Bodies. Susie has a clinical practise seeing individuals and couples. Find her on Twitter @psychoanalysis