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112 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781611860870
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Publication date: 01 October 2013
Description
Ren Girard shows that all desires are contagious--and the desire to be thin is no exception. In this compelling new book, Girard ties the anorexia epidemic to what he calls mimetic desire: a desire imitated from a model. Girard has long argued tha...
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112 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781611860870
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Publication date: 01 October 2013
Description
Ren Girard shows that all desires are contagious--and the desire to be thin is no exception. In this compelling new book, Girard ties the anorexia epidemic to what he calls mimetic desire: a desire imitated from a model. Girard has long argued tha...