The Owl Was a Baker's Daughter: Obesity, Anorexia Nervosa, and the Repressed Feminine--A Psychological Study (139p)

Woodman, Marion. The Owl Was a Baker's Daughter. Obesity, Anorexia Nervosa, and the Repressed Feminine. A Psychological Study. Toronto, Inner City Books, 1980. 14,5 cm x 21,5 cm. Frontispiece, 139 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss - american - irish poet Chuck Kruger. With a dedication to Kruger's wife Nell on the front free endpaper. Enclosed is a copy of the Russian folk tale Prince Danila Govorila with a dedication from Kruger to his wife on the first page. [Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts]. Contains among others the following chapters: Primary and Secondary Obesity; C.G. Jung's Association Experiment; The Association Experiment and Obesity; Complexes and Personality Traits; Body Metabolysm; Some Contemporary Views on Obesity; How Stress Influences Obesity; Pathological Effects of Fear and Rage; Clinical Approaches to Obesity; Jung's Concept of Psyche and Body etc.