| |||||||||||||||
Produktinformation
Möchten Sie die Produktinformationen aktualisieren oder Feedback zu den Produktabbildungen geben?
Ist der Verkauf dieses Produkts für Sie nicht akzeptabel? |
Mehr über die Autoren
Entdecken Sie Bücher, lesen Sie über Autoren und mehr
Produktbeschreibungen
Amazon.com
The Adonis Complex brilliantly demonstrates that body obsession is an equal-opportunity menace and that men who seek physical perfection are in an insidious double bind. The "male body image industry" (think Calvin Klein underwear ads) creates impossible ideals of beauty and body, yet men--unlike women--are prohibited from discussing how they think and feel about their bodies.
The image industry is displayed in fascinating detail--for example, photos of the new buff makeovers on GI Joe and Star Wars action figures. The book offers stunning evidence of men's silent suffering to achieve Adonis-like beauty: secret dietary rituals, hair transplants, penis enlargement, cosmetic surgery, and abuse of steroids, ephedrine, fat burners, and diuretics. Two clinical disorders, "body dysmorphia" and "bigorexia," a chilling inverse of anorexia, in which men continue to think they are tiny even when they are alarmingly muscled, are also introduced. The authors' prescriptions are as well targeted as their descriptions.
The final chapters offer compelling advice in vivid case studies, self-tests, and one of the author's own stories of recovering from an eating disorder. Parents of growing boys and men trapped in the mirror will find a clear, cognitive behavioral program that allows them to set more realistic goals for their bodies and minds. --Barbara Mackoff
From Publishers Weekly
The impossible ideal of the Body Beautiful induces feelings of inadequacy not only among women and girls, claim the authors of this book, but, increasingly, among men and boys. Drawing upon their own clinical work, new studies and cultural observations, the authors--Pope and Olivardia teach at Harvard medical school, and Phillips at Brown University--make a compelling argument that growing numbers of males are exhibiting compulsive behaviors, chronic depressions and eating disorders, and are engaging in the use of dangerous steroids and "supplements." Although they ignore the nearly century-old popularity of Charles Atlas-like muscle-building "courses," the authors use a broad range of examples--including comparisons of the physiques of bodybuilders in the 1960s and the 1990s, a look at the evolution of the G.I. Joe doll's bulk and an examination of the nearly unobtainable body ideal that prevails among Chippendale dancers and Calvin Klein models--to make the convincing case that many men resort to dire actions to assuage their feelings of inadequacy. They bolster their claim with numerous interviews with men and a survey of the existing medical and psychological literature, and include tests by which readers can ascertain if they have an eating disorder or suffer from Body Dysmorphic Disorder. While some readers might take exception to the authors' assertion about the prevalence of the "Adonis complex," their book offers a provocative look at what has been, until now, a largely unexplored subject. Agent, Todd Schuster. (June)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
In diesem Buch
(Mehr dazu)
Einleitungssatz
It is 6 P.M. on a warm spring evening in a small city ten miles west of Boston. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
Buchdeckel | Copyright | Inhaltsverzeichnis | Auszug | Stichwortverzeichnis | Rückseite
It is 6 P.M. on a warm spring evening in a small city ten miles west of Boston. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
Mehr entdecken
Wortanzeiger
Ausgewählte Seiten ansehenWortanzeiger
Buchdeckel | Copyright | Inhaltsverzeichnis | Auszug | Stichwortverzeichnis | Rückseite
Tags(Was ist das?)Bei einem Tag handelt es sich um ein Schlagwort, das zum Produkt passt.
Tags erleichtern allen Kunden die Suche und die Sortierung ihrer Lieblingsprodukte. |
Eine digitale Version dieses Buchs im Kindle-Shop verkaufen
Wenn Sie ein Verleger oder Autor sind und die digitalen Rechte an einem Buch haben, können Sie die digitale Version des Buchs in unserem Kindle-Shop verkaufen.
Weitere Informationen
Kundenrezensionen
|
Sagen Sie Ihre Meinung zu diesem Artikel:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Die hilfreichsten Kundenrezensionen
5.0 von 5 Sternen
VERY INSIGHTFULL,
Von Ein Kunde
Rezension bezieht sich auf: The Adonis Complex: How to Identify, Treat and Prevent Body Obsession in Men and Boys: The Secret Crisis of Male Body Obsession (Gebundene Ausgabe)
This book was eyeopening to say the least. Their are some crazy facts in this book. Anyone who is interested in health would enjoy gaining this knowledge. Excessive body image insecurity has created so much contreversy in females leading to illness, and self-abuse. This book puts the spotlight on males who are also abusing themselves with steriods and other harmful supplements to gain confidence through their body. This book is shocking. Did you know that video games our children play with actaully allow players to drink bottles of "Steriods" to gain power. What kind of message is that for our children? This book uncovers a problem which is very deep-seeded. It offers diagrams and quizes which teach us how to notice steriod users and also to show what is normal and acheivable by a human and what is fake and unachievable without drugs. Helfen Sie anderen Kunden bei der Suche nach den hilfreichsten Rezensionen
5.0 von 5 Sternen
Extremely Interesting,
Von Ein Kunde
Rezension bezieht sich auf: The Adonis Complex: How to Identify, Treat and Prevent Body Obsession in Men and Boys: The Secret Crisis of Male Body Obsession (Gebundene Ausgabe)
I recently read the Adonis complex. I found the book to be very insightful and interesting. I was shocked to read one person wrote a negative review. Men are very aware of their appearence,and for many men this awareness is taken to an extreme level. Anabolic Steriods are a serious drug readily available to our sons, and loved ones. This book has tables which can detect if someone you know is taking them. You can't tell if your son is using marajuana but you can detect this! I found the Adonis Complex to be eye opening and very real. The book is not dull at all, and is packed with humor and real hard facts. Anybody who pretends Steriods are rarely used is in denial, and anyone who knows males who constantly think about their bodies and working out would profit from reading this book!
Helfen Sie anderen Kunden bei der Suche nach den hilfreichsten Rezensionen
5.0 von 5 Sternen
A "must read" for any bodybuilder,
Rezension bezieht sich auf: The Adonis Complex: How to Identify, Treat and Prevent Body Obsession in Men and Boys: The Secret Crisis of Male Body Obsession (Gebundene Ausgabe)
Anybody who works out should definitly take the time to read this book. It basically makes a claim that most people are not happy with their physique. Skinny people want to gain weight, fat people want to lose weight, and muscleheads want to gain even more muscle. Nobody is content. To illustrate their point, the authors provide several quizzes, using both questions and illustrations as guides. The book also mentions when the Adonis complex begins, what triggers it, and how society's ideals dictate who should/should not be happy with their physique. I encourage fellow bodybuilders everywhere to read this book. It is describing most of us, and it is important to know that we are not alone. My only criticism has to do with the topic of sterioids. The authors seem to think that it is impossible to attain a certain level of physique without the use of steroids, when this is not the case. The level that they claim is unattainable without the use of steroids is far, far too low. Some people do take the shortcut, but lots of us use hard work and determination, something that the authors don't believe in. Helfen Sie anderen Kunden bei der Suche nach den hilfreichsten Rezensionen
Sagen Sie Ihre Meinung zu diesem Artikel: Eigene Rezension erstellen
|
Die neuesten Kundenrezensionen |
Kunden diskutieren
|
Das Forum zu diesem Produkt
Fragen stellen, Meinungen austauschen, Einblicke gewinnen Aktive Diskussionen in ähnlichen Foren
Kundendiskussionen durchsuchen
|
Ähnliche Foren
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lieblingslisten
Ähnliche Artikel finden
- Fremdsprachige Bücher > Gesundheit, Geist & Körper > Psychische Gesundheit > Zwanghafte Verhaltensstörungen
- Fremdsprachige Bücher > Gesundheit, Geist & Körper > Psychologie & Beratung
- Fremdsprachige Bücher > Gesundheit, Geist & Körper > Selbsthilfe
- Fremdsprachige Bücher > Sachbücher > Sozialwissenschaften > Frauen- & Geschlechterforschung
Anhand des Sachgebietes nach ähnlichen Produkten suchen:
Ihr Kommentar
Möchten Sie die Produktinformationen aktualisieren oder Feedback zu den Produktabbildungen geben?
|
