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BOYlimia : Messy Affairs with Men and Food
ScholarsArchive at Oregon State University
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | BOYlimia : Messy Affairs with Men and Food |
| Names |
Ratner, Rachel (Rachel Nicole)
(creator) Passarello, Elena (advisor) |
| Date Issued | 2015-05-27 (iso8601) |
| Note | Graduation date: 2015 |
| Abstract | BOYlimia: Messy Affairs with Men and Food is a linked collection of irreverent coming-of-age essays that explore the narrator's relationship with food and her relationship with men. The essays intend to show the connection between those relationships--where and how feelings, beliefs, and behaviors surrounding body image and sexuality overlap. The collection title, BOYlimia, represents the similar way the narrator engages and copes with men and food. The concept of mess is central to these essays--each piece examines a different literal or figurative mess: bulimia, malfunctioning bodies, complex family dynamics, awkward sexual encounters, and the complicated business of growing up. And while extreme behaviors, eating disorders, depression, and addiction are explored in BOYlimia, this thesis is not interested in following a redemption narrative; rather these linked-essays show how messes don't come clean--for this narrator messes just turn into other messes. |
| Genre | Thesis/Dissertation |
| Topic | memoir |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/1957/56206 |
