TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Purification, punishment, and control: eating disorders, self-harm, and child sexual abuse
JO  - Qualitative health research
A1  - Hodge, Lisa
A1  - Baker, Amy
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Eating disorders continue to be viewed as curable diseases, forcing people into predetermined narratives of pathology that shape how they are viewed and treated. Situated in a feminist application of Bakhtin's sociological linguistics, we were concerned with how participants understood eating disorders, the nature of their experiences, and the causes of their distress. Following a dialogical method, multiple in-depth interviews were conducted with seven women who experienced an eating disorder and who had been sexually abused previously, and participants' own drawings and poetry were obtained to gain deeper insights into meanings and emotions. We found an eating disorder offered a perception of cleanliness and renewal that was attractive to participants who experienced overwhelming shame. It is critical that researchers use a range of visual and sensory methods to move eating disorder understandings and treatment beyond illness and pathology.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1049-7323
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10497323211017490
ID  - ref1
ER  -