Eating disorders and magical control of the body :
[Book]
treatment through art therapy /
by Mary Levens.
New York, NY :
Routledge,
1995.
1 online resource (xi, 137 pages) :
illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; Introduction to magic; Magic and eating; Magical control of the body; Body boundaries in patients with eating disorders; Eating and the body and eating the body; Body boundaries with relation to art; Art and psychic cannibalism; The therapeutic relationship; Why art?; Conclusion; References; Index.
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Drawing on anthroplogy, religion, literature and psychoanalysis Levans discusses the images which eating disorder patients create in art therapy and the implications for treatment.