Miasmatic Calories and Saturating Fats: Fear of Contamination in Anorexia
(2003)
Journal Article
Warin, M. (2003). Miasmatic Calories and Saturating Fats: Fear of Contamination in Anorexia. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 27(1), 77-93. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1023683905157
This paper draws on ethnographic material to challenge the taken-for-granted relationship between anorexia and fear of fat. While popular understandings assume anorexia to be an extension of everyday dietary guidelines and a fear of weight gain from... Read More about Miasmatic Calories and Saturating Fats: Fear of Contamination in Anorexia.