Eating Disorders and Child Sexual Abuse

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Acknowledgments Contents List of Figures Part I: Examining Child Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders 1: Capturing the Research Journey: An Introduction In the Beginning Methodological Considerations A Tripartite Approach: Body, Emotion and Language Bakhtin’s Dialogism in the Context of a Feminist Dialogics Bakhtin, the Carnival and the Body Bakhtin’s Authoritative and Internally Persuasive Discourse Poetry and Drawing as Part of a Layered Account Emotions and Social Relations Structure of the Book References 2: A Story of Language, Meaning and Power Introduction Contemporary Conceptualisations of Child Sexual Abuse and Mental Illness Freud, Incest and Hysteria The Anti-psychiatry Movement Radical Feminist Perspectives Repressed Memories of Child Sexual Abuse The Politics of Emotions Medical Discourse on Eating Disorders: Gender, Pathology and the Governing of Female Bodies Biomedical View of Diagnosis and Treatment The Male Gaze and Medical Discourse of Health and Beauty A Feminist Framing of the Link Between Child Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders Thinking Through the Body, Thinking Through the Skin Conclusion References Part II: The Women’s Stories Narrative Bio-sketches Penelope Natalia Analiese Ollie Frances Rose Georgia 3: The Female Body as a Site of Opposition Introduction The Singlet as Safety Armour Clothing and Fear of the Female Body Navigating Sexual Relationships Breasts and Feminine Signifiers Conclusion References 4: Masking the Self Introduction Shame and the Masking of Emotions The Mask Representing Powerlessness Revising the Self Conclusion References 5: Cleanliness and Purification Introduction An Eating Disorder as a Form of Self-harm Shipwreck Resurrected The Need for Order and Control Cleanliness and Purification Conclusion References 6: Beauty Politics in Eating Disorders Introduction How Far to Beautiful? Trying to Reach Beauty Fat Versus Thin: The Beauty Pathway Conclusion References 7: Situating Silence in Child Sexual Abuse Introduction Not Being Believed The Minimising of Sexual Abuse Repressed Memories Powerlessness and Control Shame and Stigma Silencing in Treatment Conclusion References 8: Conclusion: Beyond Illness and Pathology Introduction What Now? Future Directions References