Hunger Strike (The Anorectic's Struggle as a Metaphor for our Age) - Susie Orbach

In this classic text, originally published in 1986, Susie Orbach brilliantly examines the anorectic''s struggle. Anorexia is a battle; a battle to be thin; a battle of wills, denial versus desire. It is also about control; by conquering feelings of hunger, the anorectic woman aspires to conquer her emotional feelings as well. For Orbach, the stru