Emily Fox-Kales is Clinical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Harvard University, and Academic Specialist in the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies at Northeastern University where she teaches film and psychology. She is also Clinical Associate at McLean Hospital/Harvard University and Executive Director of the Feeding Ourselves Program.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Screen Bodies and Eating Disorders

1. Body Identifications: The Movie Screen and the Mirror

2. Celebrity Bodies

3. Body Mastery and the Ideology of Fitness

4. Body Transformation: Ugly Ducklings, Swans, and Movie Makeovers

5. Body Stigmatization: Fat Suits and Big Mamas
6. Teen Bodies: Valley Girls and Middle School Vamps

7. Alternative Visions


Glossary of Terms
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