An embodied belonging

Until the publication of the DSM-V in 2013, amenorrhea was one of the four criteria that comprised anorexia nervosa. Diagnostically, amenorrhea played a definitional role, dividing the ‘strictly’ anorexic from their ‘subthreshold’, menstruating peers; however, the implications that menstrual cessati...

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Main Author: Karin Eli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh Library 2014-12-01
Series:Medicine Anthropology Theory
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Online Access:http://www.medanthrotheory.org/article/view/4541