From fasting saints to anorexic girls : the history of self-starvation

Author(s)

• Vandereycken, Walter
• Deth, Ron van

Bibliographic Information

From fasting saints to anorexic girls : the history of self-starvation

Walter Vandereycken & Ron van Deth

New York University Press, 1994, c1990

• : pbk

Other Title

Hungerkünstler, Fastenwunder, Magersucht : eine Kulturgeschichte der Ess-störungen

Van vastenwonder tot magerzucht : anorexia nervosa in historisch perspectief

Note

"Originally this book was published in Dutch in 1988. An adapted and shortened version in German appeared in 1990 ; of this edition a pocketbook was published in 1992. The present English adaptation has been based mainly on the German edition, with some new material added."--Preface

Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-287) and index

Details

• NCID: BD03716944
• ISBN:
  • 9780814787847
• LCCN: 94002859
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ger
• Place of Publication: Washington Square, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 296 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RC552.A5
  • DC20 : 616.85/262/09
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Anorexia nervosa -- History