Embodiment and Eating Disorders [Paperback]

This is an insightful and essential new volume for academics and professionals interested in the lived experience of those who struggle with disordered eating. Embodiment and Eating Disorderssituates the complicated  and increasingly prevalent  topic of disordered eating at the crossroads of many academic disciplines, articulating a notion of embodied selfhood that rejects the separation of mind and body and calls for a feminist, existential, and sociopolitically aware approach to eating disorder treatment. Experts from a variety of backgrounds and specializations examine theories of embodiment, current empirical research, and practical examples and strategies for prevention and treatment.

List of Contributors; Introduction I. Theoretical and Philosophical Perspectives of Embodiment and Eating Disorders1. Embodiment and Body Image: Relating and Exploring Constructs, Hillary L. McBride2. Understanding Disordered Eating and (Dis)embodiment through a Feminist Lens, Hillary L. McBride and Janelle L. Kwee3. Embodiment: A Non-Dualistic and Existential Perspective on Understanding and Treating Disordered Eating, Mihaela Launeanu and Janelle L. Kwee4. From Having a Body to Being Embodied: Phenomenological Theories on Embodiment, Barbara Weber5. The Developmental Theory of Embodiment: Implications for Treatment and Prevention of Eating Disorders, Heather Jacobson and M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall6. Conceptualizing and Measuring Embodiment: Lessons from a Response Processes Inquiry with Women Recovering from Anorexia Nervosa, Mihaela Launeanu, Chelsea Beyer, and Christina Bally7. Moving Toward Embodied Research, Elizabeth Chan8. Eating Disorders as Disorders of Embodiment and Identity: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives, Giovanni Stanghellini, Milena Mancini, Giovanni Castellini, and Valdo Ricca II. Embodiment and Eating lCo