The famine within /

This searing documentary looks at the obsession of women with the size and the shape of their bodies. Under the coercive power of consumerism and the mass media, women have come to view their bodies as marketable objects and to judge them according to unrealistic standards. Paradoxically, this anxio...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Gilday, Katherine
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1990.
Subjects:	Body image in women. Body image. Eating disorders. Femininity. Sex role. Women > Psychology. Internet videos. Documentary films.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)