Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Anorexia Nervosa 2 The Female Body as Mediated by Society 3 The Female Body as a Politically Mediated Form 4 The Female Body as a Historically Mediated Form 5 The Female Body as a Thealogically Mediated Form; Conclusion: The Spirituality of Anorexia

About the Author

Emma White holds a PhD from the University of Winchester, UK. Her research focuses on the spirituality of gender and embodiment, particularly regarding eating disorders. Her article titled 'Starved by Society: An Examination of Judith Butler’s Gender Performance and Society’s Slender Ideal' has been published in Feminist Theology.