Jane Nicholas
Abstract
This essay is intended as the beginning of a dialogue on women's voluntary self-starvation as an act of political resistance. It explores the cultural connections between hunger, politics, art, and resistance and argues that what is commonly called 'anorexia nervosa' may be seen an act of political resistance.
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This essay is intended as the beginning of a dialogue on women's voluntary self-starvation as an act of political resistance. It explores the cultural connections between hunger, politics, art, and resistance and argues that what is commonly called 'anorexia nervosa' may be seen an act of political resistance.
Key concepts: Resistance (ecology), Politics, Starvation, Anorexia nervosa, Political science, Political economy, Sociology, Psychology