Eating Disorders and Magical Control of the Body: Treatment Through Art Therapy - Couverture rigide

Levens, Mary

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415122163 ISBN 13 : 9780415122160

Editeur : Routledge, 1995

Synopsis

People with eating disorders often make desparate attempts to exert magical control over their bodies in response to the threats they experienced in relationships. Mary Levens takes the reader into the realm of magical thinking and its effect on ideas about eating and the body through a sensitive exploration of the images patients create in art therapy, in which themes of cannibalism constantly recur. Drawing on anthropology, religion and literature as well as psychoanalysis, she discusses the significance of these images and their implications for treatment of patients with eating disorders.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

People with eating disorders often make desparate attempts to exert magical control over their bodies in response to the threats they experienced in relationships. Mary Levens takes the reader into the realm of magical thinking and its effect on ideas about eating and the body through a sensitive exploration of the images patients create in art therapy, in which themes of cannibalism constantly recur. Drawing on anthropology, religion and literature as well as psychoanalysis, she discusses the significance of these images and their implications for treatment of patients with eating disorders.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415122163
• ISBN 13: 9780415122160
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 150
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible