THE CREATION OF ARCHETYPES OF NEGATIVE WOMANHOOD THROUGH ANOREXIA

• Authors: Starzomska M.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Contemporary culture not only glorifies slimness among women, but also makes considerable demands of them. They are expected to perform contradictory duties ideally. They should be beautiful, slender and hard-working. They should be perfect mothers and foresighted wives. At the same time they should not be assertive or too intelligent. The article presents an approach according to which anorexia is the answer of an adolescent woman to the archetypes of negative womanhood which have existed for ages. This illness may be considered to be a highly symbolic reaction to these archetypes and, furthermore, their paradoxical fulfillment. For anorexic women the auto-destruction of their body is tantamount to the triumph of their mentality.

Keywords

EN

ANOREXIA; IDENTITY; WOMANHOOD

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
• Journal: Kultura i Społeczeństwo
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 50
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 107-128
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Starzomska M.

• M. Starzomska, Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej w Warszawie, ul Szczesliwicka 40, 02-353 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA03046256