Eating disorders and magical control of the body :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
treatment through art therapy /
First Statement of Responsibility
by Mary Levens.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1995.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xi, 137 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.