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Fast Girls

Critical Book Review
Joan Brumberg's Fast Girls: The History of Anorexia Nervosa

Brumberg, Joan. Fast Girls: The History of Anorexia Nervosa. New York: First Vintage Books, 2000.
2. I selected this book because it was one of the recommended readings from our textbook After The Fact: The Art of Historical Detection in chapter 17 "The Body in Question". Anorexia Nervosa seems to be associated with the importance of a super lean female figure and I wanted to get a better understanding on the history of the disease. I had selected two other books Unbearable Weight Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body and Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930's but I chose the one I did because anorexia is such a problem in pop culture right now I thought it would be interesting to find out more about it.
3. The main topic of this book is the birth of the term "anorexia nervosa" during the 19th century which is defined as the "absence of appetite". Brumberg gives historical evidence......


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