The Blame Game

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School essay

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3 pages

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.doc

Published date :

11/19/2007

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Table of Contents The Blame Game Table of Contents

 
  1. Introduction
  2. The potentially fatal disorders
  3. Food consumption in the United States
    1. Eating disorders like Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa
    2. Women within American culture
  4. The power of the media
  5. The most dooming explanation of eating disorders
    1. The biological explanation of eating disorders
  6. Conclusion
  7. Works cited

Abstract

In modern times, and namely in Western culture, identity has become a wholly introverted principle. People strive to define themselves solely as individuals; identity is thought of as exclusively self-contained. American culture, for example, celebrates above all else the "individual;" he (or she) who stands out from the masses is reputed. It is within this celebration of "original identity," however, where one of American culture's deepest ironies lies. While on the surface a person's autonomy may seem salient, if he or she does not conform to certain pre-disposed social constraints, he or she may be in danger of being viewed by others (and by him/herself) as "valueless." Nowhere is this more prevalent than in the eating disorders of Americans. Disorders such as Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa affect millions, and kill thousands of Americans every year; yet they are kept in the shadows of the culture's collective consciousness.

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