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Indexaccent, social accents, 6; multiple accents inintrapersonal and political discourses,110–112achievement, and anorexia, 9, 17, 24–25; Crystal’s story, 88–89; Jeanne’s story, 86, a more nuanced interpretation of empower-ing and disempowering aspects, 98, 105,108; and perfectionism in narrative therapy,102–103; problems in narrative therapy’sview on achievement/perfectionism, 103;problematic features of theories of anorexia as resulting from high achievement/perfectionism, 27–29; Taru’s story, 86–87;women interviewed as high achievers, 85adaptability, seeflexible selfAdorno, T., 8, 50Al-Fayed, Dodi (Princess Diana’s lover), 64Ahrens, A., 59Angel, L., 41alienation, of anorexics in relation to descrip-tions of the conditions, 1, 9, 82, 90anorexic/bulimic voice, 101–103Antczak, J., 64–65Associated Press (AP), 64Appadurai, A., 108Appleyard, B., 71Atkinson, P., 80authenticity, Seetrue selfauthoritarian personality, 50autoethnography, 9, 12, 17, 34–35, 113authorial position, 13autonomous self, critique of anorexics asnonautonomous or weak in Taru’s story,91–92; the empowering and disempoweringsides of the conception of women with eatingdisorders as nonautonomous, 96–98; ideal of,1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 39, 50–51, 54–55, 57, 75–76,99, 107–108, 111; and Karen Carpenter,64–69, 81; reflection on the empoweringand disempowering aspects of autonomy in Eleanora’s story, 92–94; wanting to be autonomous, Eleanora’s story, 88Bakhtin, M., 2, 12, 83, 97, 104ballet, dancing and anorexia, 86–87Baltimore Sun, 68Barbie: Barbie animation, 66–67beauty ideals, critique of feminist criticism,61, 80; gendered contradictions articulatedby, 4, 7, 59, 105–106; research on eating disorders as too focused on, 33, 90; slender,1, 8, 9, 18, 23, 27, 51, 57, 59Behar, R., 79behavior modification, 9; autoethnography,19–22Bird, J., 103Blackman, L., 51, 58, 62, 72Blair, Tony (UK Prime Minister), 63Bochner, A., 79body image, distorted, 18Boone-O’Neill, C., 33Borden, A., 11, 101–106Borderline Personality Disorder, and PrincessDiana, 70Bordo, S., 1, 2, 3, 7, 33, 54, 59, 61, 76, 80, 81,106–107Bordowitz, G., 12, 33both/and logic, 6–7, 61, 98, 111–112Botta, R.A., 59Braidotti, R., 73, 76Bray, A., 1, 5, 51, 60, 61, 67, 73, 89Brems, C., 4129
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Indexaccent, social accents, 6; multiple accents inintrapersonal and political discourses,110–112achievement, and anorexia, 9, 17, 24–25; Crystal’s story, 88–89; Jeanne’s story, 86, a more nuanced interpretation of empower-ing and disempowering aspects, 98, 105,108; and perfectionism in narrative therapy,102–103; problems in narrative therapy’sview on achievement/perfectionism, 103;problematic features of theories of anorexia as resulting from high achievement/perfectionism, 27–29; Taru’s story, 86–87;women interviewed as high achievers, 85adaptability, seeflexible selfAdorno, T., 8, 50Al-Fayed, Dodi (Princess Diana’s lover), 64Ahrens, A., 59Angel, L., 41alienation, of anorexics in relation to descrip-tions of the conditions, 1, 9, 82, 90anorexic/bulimic voice, 101–103Antczak, J., 64–65Associated Press (AP), 64Appadurai, A., 108Appleyard, B., 71Atkinson, P., 80authenticity, Seetrue selfauthoritarian personality, 50autoethnography, 9, 12, 17, 34–35, 113authorial position, 13autonomous self, critique of anorexics asnonautonomous or weak in Taru’s story,91–92; the empowering and disempoweringsides of the conception of women with eatingdisorders as nonautonomous, 96–98; ideal of,1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 39, 50–51, 54–55, 57, 75–76,99, 107–108, 111; and Karen Carpenter,64–69, 81; reflection on the empoweringand disempowering aspects of autonomy in Eleanora’s story, 92–94; wanting to be autonomous, Eleanora’s story, 88Bakhtin, M., 2, 12, 83, 97, 104ballet, dancing and anorexia, 86–87Baltimore Sun, 68Barbie: Barbie animation, 66–67beauty ideals, critique of feminist criticism,61, 80; gendered contradictions articulatedby, 4, 7, 59, 105–106; research on eating disorders as too focused on, 33, 90; slender,1, 8, 9, 18, 23, 27, 51, 57, 59Behar, R., 79behavior modification, 9; autoethnography,19–22Bird, J., 103Blackman, L., 51, 58, 62, 72Blair, Tony (UK Prime Minister), 63Bochner, A., 79body image, distorted, 18Boone-O’Neill, C., 33Borden, A., 11, 101–106Borderline Personality Disorder, and PrincessDiana, 70Bordo, S., 1, 2, 3, 7, 33, 54, 59, 61, 76, 80, 81,106–107Bordowitz, G., 12, 33both/and logic, 6–7, 61, 98, 111–112Botta, R.A., 59Braidotti, R., 73, 76Bray, A., 1, 5, 51, 60, 61, 67, 73, 89Brems, C., 4129
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Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Rereading the Stories That Became Me 15
  6. Fat Boys and Goody Girls 37
  7. From Autonomy to Flexibility 57
  8. Voices and Discourses 77
  9. From Time-Based Diagnosis to Space-Based Critical Reflection 99
  10. Notes 115
  11. References 117
  12. Index 129
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Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Rereading the Stories That Became Me 15
  6. Fat Boys and Goody Girls 37
  7. From Autonomy to Flexibility 57
  8. Voices and Discourses 77
  9. From Time-Based Diagnosis to Space-Based Critical Reflection 99
  10. Notes 115
  11. References 117
  12. Index 129
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