Joan Jacobs Brumberg si concentra sulle esperienze storiche degli adolescenti, con particolare attenzione ai temi del genere e dell'immagine corporea. Il suo lavoro approfondisce la comprensione in evoluzione dell'adolescenza e le questioni sociali che la plasmano. La sua scrittura indaga a fondo gli studi di genere, esaminando i ragazzi e la violenza, così come le ragazze e il loro rapporto con il proprio corpo. Brumberg condivide le sue intuizioni attraverso conferenze e pubblicazioni che offrono preziose prospettive sullo sviluppo dei giovani.
Presents historical evidence, based on research that includes the diaries of American girls written between the 1830s and 1990s, to show how the process of maturation has changed since the nineteenth century, making young women more anxious than ever before about their bodies and themselves
An acclaimed classic from the award-winning author of The Body Project presents a history of women's food-refusal dating back as far as the sixteenth century, providing compassion to victims and their families.Here is a tableau of female medieval martyrs who used starvation to demonstrate religious devotion, "wonders of science" whose families capitalized on their ability to survive on flower petals and air, silent screen stars whose strict "slimming" regimens inspired a generation. Here, too, is a fascinating look at how the cultural ramifications of the Industrial Revolution produced a disorder that continues to render privileged young women helpless. Incisive, compassionate, illuminating, Fasting Girls offers real understanding to victims and their families, clinicians, and all women who are interested in the origins and future of this complex, modern and characteristically female disease.