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The Morality of Disordered Eating and Recovery in Southern Italy
Ann M Cheney1, Steve Sullivan2, Kathleen Grubbs3
1Department of Social Medicine and Population Health, University of California, Riverside.
Medical Anthropology Quarterly
|January 23, 2018
Summary
Eating disorders and recovery shape moral identities for young women. This study explores how these experiences allow women to redefine themselves and construct moral selves within cultural contexts.
Area of Science:
- Medical Anthropology
- Sociology of Health and Illness
Background:
- Cultural and historical contexts significantly influence the constitution of moral subjectivities.
- Eating disorders and recovery practices are imbued with moral undertones, shaping individual experiences and identities.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore how eating disorders and recovery enable women to retool their identities and craft moral selves.
- To highlight the value of medical anthropology in understanding the well-being of women with disordered eating.
Main Methods:
- Ethnographic insights from southern Italy.
- Qualitative interviews with young women with histories of disordered eating.
Main Results:
- Suffering from and recovering from eating disorders allows women to actively shape their identities.
- Moral dimensions are central to the experience and meaning-making of eating disorders and recovery.
Conclusions:
- Eating disorders and recovery are significant sites for the construction of moral selves.
- Medical anthropology offers valuable frameworks for comprehending and caring for women affected by disordered eating.
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