Fox-Kales (psychiatry, Harvard U.) is a clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of eating disorders; she is also professor of cultural studies and a film buff. Here, she examines
how Hollywood images of bodily perfection and slenderness contribute to the phenomenon of eating disorders, through screen identification on the part of the spectator. She analyzes recent films
such as Miss Congeniality, Shallow Hal, Never Been Kissed, Mean Girls, and Real Women Have Curves as visual representations of various social forces including the medicalization of consumer
beauty practices, the fitness movement's ideologies of discipline, and discourses of celebrity body maintenance. The book is illustrated with numerous b&w film stills. The author is
executive director of the Feeding Ourselves Program at McLean Hospital. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
