The Owl Was a Baker's Daughter: Obesity, Anorexia Nervosa and the Repressed Feminine

marion woodman

Eye-opening insights into the body as mirror of the psyche in eating disorders and weight disturbances. Case studies and practical procedures emphasize the integration of the body and soul.

Genres psychologynonfictionwomenshealthfeminism

144 pages, Paperback

First published December 1,1980

Series

Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts

This edition

Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Published: January 31, 1980 by Inner City Books
ISBN: 9780919123038
ASIN: 0919123031
Language: English

About the author

Marion Woodman was a Canadian mythopoetic author and women's movement figure. She was a Jungian analyst trained at the C. G. Jung Institute in Zürich, Switzerland. She was one of the most widely read authors on feminine psychology, focusing on psyche and soma. She was also an international lecturer and poet. Her collection of audio and visual lectures, correspondence, and manuscripts are housed at OPUS Archives and Research Center, in Santa Barbara, California. Among her collaborations with other authors she wrote with Thomas Moore, Jill Mellick and Robert Bly. Her brothers were the late Canadian actor Bruce Boa and Jungian analyst Fraser Boa.