Just wanted to give you all a heads up about how I select books for review here on the SJANAD blog.
I will ALWAYS specify if a book has been given to me as a review copy by the publisher. I just began requesting books from publishers, and thus far all the books I have received have been per my request. If that ever changes, and I get so lucky as to be given a book without first soliciting it, I will let you know.
The new links in my posts to purchase the books were put there by me as part of the Amazon Affiliates program. That means if you purchase the book by clicking through to Amazon with my link, I will receive a small portion of the sale price (about 4%) which I put back into my account for ANAD mailings.
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Friday, January 8, 2010
Upcoming Book Review: Abject Relations: Everyday Worlds of Anorexia by Megan Warin
Thank you to Rutgers University Press for supplying me with a review copy of Megan Warin's new book, Abject Relations: Everyday Worlds of Anorexia (Studies in Medical Anthropology)!
I started reading it last night. The preface totally hooked me, and I'm looking forward to reading more tonight!
Amazon Description
Abject Relations presents an alternative approach to anorexia, through detailed ethnographic investigations. Megan Warin looks at the heart of what it means to live with anorexia on a daily basis. Unraveling anorexia’s complex relationships and contradictions, Warin provides a new theoretical perspective rooted in a socio-cultural context of bodies and gender. Abject Relations departs from conventional psychotherapy approaches and offers a different “logic” one that involves the shifting forces of power, disgust, and desire.
I started reading it last night. The preface totally hooked me, and I'm looking forward to reading more tonight!
Amazon Description
Abject Relations presents an alternative approach to anorexia, through detailed ethnographic investigations. Megan Warin looks at the heart of what it means to live with anorexia on a daily basis. Unraveling anorexia’s complex relationships and contradictions, Warin provides a new theoretical perspective rooted in a socio-cultural context of bodies and gender. Abject Relations departs from conventional psychotherapy approaches and offers a different “logic” one that involves the shifting forces of power, disgust, and desire.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Upcoming Book Review: Tyranny by Lesley Fairfield
I have great news for you all! I was selected to receive a review copy of a new graphic novel exploring one woman's struggle with her eating disorder. The novel is called Tyranny, and hopefully my copy should be arrving soon. I can't wait to read it and share my review with you.
Publisher Information on Tyranny
Product Description - Amazon
In Tyranny, brisk, spare text and illustrations that deal head-on with anorexia propel the reader along on Anna’s journey as she falls prey to the eating disorder, personified as her tormentor, Tyranny.
The novel starts with a single question: “How did I get here?” The answer lies in the pages that follow, and it’s far from simple. Pressured by media, friends, the workplace, personal relationships, and fashion trends, Anna descends into a seemingly unending cycle of misery. And whenever she tries to climb out of the abyss, her own personal demon, Tyranny, is there to push her back in. The contest seems uneven, and it might be except for one thing: Anna’s strength of character has given rise to her deadly enemy. Ironically, it is that same strength of character that has the ultimate power to save her from the ravages of Tyranny.
Brilliantly and realistically presented, Tyranny is a must-read for anyone looking for a better understanding of eating disorders and for everyone looking for a compelling page-turner that is truly a story of triumph and hope.
About the Author
Lesley Fairfield is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design in illustration. Her work appears in many children’s books. Lesley’s personal thirty-year struggle with anorexia and bulimia has informed her work concerning body image, which has appeared in “Dance in Canada” magazine and in York University’s International Women’s Studies Journal.
Publisher Information on Tyranny
Product Description - Amazon
In Tyranny, brisk, spare text and illustrations that deal head-on with anorexia propel the reader along on Anna’s journey as she falls prey to the eating disorder, personified as her tormentor, Tyranny.
The novel starts with a single question: “How did I get here?” The answer lies in the pages that follow, and it’s far from simple. Pressured by media, friends, the workplace, personal relationships, and fashion trends, Anna descends into a seemingly unending cycle of misery. And whenever she tries to climb out of the abyss, her own personal demon, Tyranny, is there to push her back in. The contest seems uneven, and it might be except for one thing: Anna’s strength of character has given rise to her deadly enemy. Ironically, it is that same strength of character that has the ultimate power to save her from the ravages of Tyranny.
Brilliantly and realistically presented, Tyranny is a must-read for anyone looking for a better understanding of eating disorders and for everyone looking for a compelling page-turner that is truly a story of triumph and hope.
About the Author
Lesley Fairfield is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design in illustration. Her work appears in many children’s books. Lesley’s personal thirty-year struggle with anorexia and bulimia has informed her work concerning body image, which has appeared in “Dance in Canada” magazine and in York University’s International Women’s Studies Journal.
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