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(2013) The corporeal identity, Dordrecht, Springer.
The expression "body identity disorders" refers to an imbalanced range of clinical symptoms that have in common the tendency to make self-esteem dependant on the body and on dissatisfaction with weight or with outward appearance. Conditions like anorexia, bulimia and obesity, despite each being different to the other, share a common origin: the weighing scales as a proof of significance. Images to brood over or more often to fear, outward appearances, in many cases are the credit card we use to put ourselves forward for assessment by others. Sometimes the unsympathetic other is our other self.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5680-3_5
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Faccio, E. (2013). Body identity disorders, in The corporeal identity, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 77-97.
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