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      Pretty Delicate: A Novel(la)

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      Date
      2019-07-24
      Author
      McFarland, Allison 1993-
      ORCID
      0000-0001-9995-2033
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      Pretty Delicate is a novel(la) about one young woman’s on-going experience with anorexia and the impacts this disorder has on her relationships. Eating disorders are increasingly prevalent in contemporary Western society and across the globe. Many portrayals and treatments of these disorders rely on narratives of individualism, which harmfully places all blame or susceptibility onto persons struggling with eating disorders and wrongfully absolves their sociocultural contexts of any participation in the development of their eating disorder or the recovery process. This manuscript focuses on the beginning stages of anorexia through the way social messages / beauty standards are internalised and then dramatizes the arduous process of recovery. I refrain from sensationalising the worst of the disorder, as the aim of this project is to bring awareness to the ways community—through direct relationships, social media, and professional settings—enables disordered eating while simultaneously supporting recovery efforts. To emphasise the multi-faceted causes of eating disorders and approaches to recovery methods, Pretty Delicate utilises first-, second-, and third-person perspectives, and blends poetry and prose.
      Degree
      Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
      Department
      English
      Program
      Writing
      Supervisor
      Lynes, Jeanette
      Committee
      Benning, Sheri; Ophir, Ella; Quinlan, Elizabeth
      Copyright Date
      June 2019
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/12207
      Subject
      Feminist writing
      eating disorders
      recovery narrative
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