"There is no fat in heaven": Religious asceticism and the meaning of anorexia nervosa

Ethos

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-135

  Banks, Caroline Giles ^a  

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DOI: 10.1525/eth.1996.24.1.02a00040     Document Type: Article

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