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1 online resource (xiii, 241 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
A hungry childhood -- Returning home -- Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn -- Monster in the family -- Father's Day -- Missing mommy -- A Communist among us -- Trouble with puberty -- Tragedies -- On my own -- Losing it -- Hollywood, California -- What goes down must come up -- Manorexic -- New York -- Location, location, location -- Dating for doughnuts -- Resistance is futile -- Giving up the fight -- Inward journey -- On solid ground. |
| Summary |
Describing the author's struggle as a black woman with an eating disorder that is consistently portrayed as a white woman's problem, this title presents a narrative that traces the background and factors that caused her bulimia. It answers many questions about why black women often do not seek traditional therapy for emotional problems. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Covington Armstrong, Stephanie -- Health.
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Covington Armstrong, Stephanie. |
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Health. |
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Covington Armstrong, Stephanie -- Mental health.
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Mental health. |
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Covington Armstrong, Stephanie -- Childhood and youth.
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Bulimia -- United States -- Case studies.
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Bulimia. |
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United States. |
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Case studies.
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Bulimia -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
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Bulimia -- Patients. |
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Biographies.
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African American women -- Biography.
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African American women -- Biography. |
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African American women -- Mental health -- Case studies.
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African American women -- Mental health. |
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African American women. |
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African American families -- New York (State) -- New York.
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African American families. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
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National Book Committee. |
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Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Covington Armstrong, Stephanie. Not all Black girls know how to eat. Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, ©2009 9781556527869 1556527861 (DLC) 2009007354 (OCoLC)276815638 |
| ISBN |
9781569763186 (electronic book) |
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1569763186 (electronic book) |
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9781556527869 (paperback) |
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1556527861 (paperback) |
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