(6 pp) It is not unusual to think of the physical
body as "power." Certainly the Greeks were
attempting to visualize a powerful body centuries
ago. Today, according to Young (1997), 8 million
people suffer from eating disorders. For some
reason or another, 7 million women and one million
men are intentionally depriving their bodies of
food. What we are seeing in the twentieth century,
and into this one, is a philosophical
displacement of that idea of power, in a
destructive way as viewed through the conditions
of anorexia and bulimia. This discussion will
focus on that shift of power and its accompanying
negative possibilities. Bibliography lists 8
sources plus 4 visuals of fashion models.
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their bodies of food. What we are seeing in the twentieth century, and into this one, is a philosophical displacement of that idea of power, in a destructive way
as viewed through the conditions of anorexia and bulimia. This discussion will focus on that shift of power and its accompanying negative possibilities. Bibliography lists 8 sources. BBabbody.doc
THE PHYSICAL BODY AS "POWER" Written by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., May 2001 Note to the student:
to re-enforce the discussion, there are four images of pencil-thin fashion models, which list the design house on the advertisement. You can incorporate them into the text, leave
as part of the bibliography, or use as a cover sheet - your call. Introduction It is not unusual to think of the physical body as "power." Certainly the
Greeks were attempting to visualize a powerful body centuries ago. Today, according to Young (1997), 8 million people suffer from eating disorders. For some reason or another, 7 million women
and one million men are intentionally depriving their bodies of food. What we are seeing in the twentieth century, and into this one, is a philosophical displacement of that idea
of power, in a destructive way as viewed through the conditions of anorexia and bulimia. This discussion will focus on that shift of power and its accompanying negative possibilities.
Anorexia Anorexia nervousa occurs when a person has a false sense of their physical sense as fat or obese. Motivated by this faulty image they begin to eat
less and less and do have the potential to "starve" themselves to death, or cause the body to go into cardiac arrest from strain upon various systems. In this
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