Fed Up Women and Food in America

Subjects:

• Women's Studies » Women's Studies (General)
• Health/Medicine » Public Health
• Popular Culture » Food
• Health/Medicine » Nutrition

Awards:

• Choice Outstanding Academic Book, 1999

Reviews:

• Manton has written a superb sociological and historical overview of the complex relationship between women and food in the US. The author has skillfully analyzed the interrelationship between the emotional aspects of eating and key cultural changes, including feminism, world hunger, and the rise and fall of the dieting industry. The result is the most creative work on food and eating to come along in years. In addition to examining all the ways--social and economic--women's relationships with food has been manipulated, Manson describes a new model for working with eating disorders, a model she calls 'Appetite for Change.' A three-part program combining therapy, nutrition education, and hands-on culinary instructions, this innovative and integrated regime is designed to help for the next generation of treatment approaches to eating disorders. Included are an excellent bibliography and detailed notes. Highly recommended for upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, researchers, and professionals interested in the psychology, history, or sociology of eating.
  —Choice
• Fed Up provides an insightful look at the historical context of how women relate to food and how that relationship affects their cultural status and self-image. It is an engaging book for anyone interested in American social history, women's studies, or ecofeminism.
  —RISK: Health, Safety & Environment

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Food Is Everyone's First Language
• Woman the Provider by Elaine S. Morse
• Subversion by Food Processors and Reformers
• Moral Manipulation
• The More We Change, The More We Stay the Same
• Disturbed Eating
• Healing Ourselves with Food
• Transposing of the Personal and Political
• Conclusions
• Bibliography
• Index