Abstract
This
study is based on a systematic social, cultural and psychological analysis of
contemporary woman’s relationship with the Body Politics and Eating Disorders
especially in Western societies from the perspective of socialist feminism. The
analysis is also enriched with a literary approach as there are illustrations
from the feminist American playwright Marsha Norman’s play ‘night Mother which exemplifies women’s
obsessive relationship with their bodies and, eating disorders in the form of
excessive eating (obesity/ compulsive eating) or in the total refusal of eating
(anorexia).
Keywords
References
- Benson, S. (1999). The body, health and eating disorders. In K. Woodward (Ed.). Identity and difference (pp. 121-182). London, Thousand Oaks, New Delhi: Sage Publications.
- Bordo, S. (1995). Unbearable weight: Feminism, western culture and the body. London: University of California Press.
- Chapkis, W. (1998). Beauty secrets. In L. J. Peach (Ed.). Women in culture – A women’s studies anthology (pp. 187-200). Madlen, Massachusetts, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
- Norman, M. (1983). ’Night mother. Canada: Collins Publishers.
- Peach, L. J. (Ed.) (1998). Women in culture – A women’s studies anthology. Madlen, Massachusetts, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
- Smith, R. H. (1991). ’Night mother and true west: mirror images of violence and gender. In J. Redmond (Ed.). Violence in drama (pp. 277-289). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Wolf, N. (1998). The beauty myth. In L. J. Peach (Ed.). Women in culture – A women’s studies anthology (pp.179-186). Madlen, Massachusetts, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
Abstract
Bu
çalışma, çağdaş kadının batılı toplumlarda Beden Politikası ile olan ilişkisini
ve bu politikanın içselleştirilmesi sonucu ortaya çıkan ve genelde kadınların
deneyimlediği sosyo-kültürel kaynaklı patolojik hastalıklar olarak
değerlendirilen yeme bozukluklarını sosyalist-feminist kuram ışığında tartışır.
Marsha Norman’ın bu çağdaş temaları sahneye koyduğu oyunu Night Mother, ana kadın karakterlerin sosyo-kültürel değerlere
bağlı olarak beden politikası ve yeme bozukluklarının farklı boyutlarından ne
şekilde etkilendiklerini irdelemektedir.
References
- Benson, S. (1999). The body, health and eating disorders. In K. Woodward (Ed.). Identity and difference (pp. 121-182). London, Thousand Oaks, New Delhi: Sage Publications.
- Bordo, S. (1995). Unbearable weight: Feminism, western culture and the body. London: University of California Press.
- Chapkis, W. (1998). Beauty secrets. In L. J. Peach (Ed.). Women in culture – A women’s studies anthology (pp. 187-200). Madlen, Massachusetts, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
- Norman, M. (1983). ’Night mother. Canada: Collins Publishers.
- Peach, L. J. (Ed.) (1998). Women in culture – A women’s studies anthology. Madlen, Massachusetts, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
- Smith, R. H. (1991). ’Night mother and true west: mirror images of violence and gender. In J. Redmond (Ed.). Violence in drama (pp. 277-289). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Wolf, N. (1998). The beauty myth. In L. J. Peach (Ed.). Women in culture – A women’s studies anthology (pp.179-186). Madlen, Massachusetts, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
Details
| Primary Language | English |
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| Journal Section | Article |
| Authors | |
| Publication Date | June 6, 2018 |
| Submission Date | May 10, 2018 |
| Acceptance Date | May 17, 2018 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2018 Volume: 2 Issue: 1 |