1. the edible woman
... for a force which will bring her existence into sharp focus, something in her rebels against the logic of coherence. Appropriately, in a book so consistently peppered with images of eating, chewing, swallowing and cooking, her rebellion manifests itself as symbolic anorexia nervosa, a gradual rejection of all food. Her perception that she is 'being eaten' by the external world and its expectations (hence ... ...
- Word Count: 480
- Approx Pages: 2
- Grade Level: Undergraduate