「吐く」という社会的行為

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抄録

　In this paper, the author discusses the social meaning of eating disorders, especially binge eating and vomiting with bulimia nervosa, from a sociological perspective.
　First, he identifies from his interviews (thirty cases) two types within the main factors of eating disorders. One type is named "skinny wish type" which indicates those who developed eating disorders to avoid obesity. The other is named "social maladjustment type" to identify those who have eating disorders caused by stresses in their lives. The social maladjustment type has rarely been discussed in sociological literature on disorders.
　Secondly, the author represents a new perspective by means of critiquing the feminist approach to eating disorders. It is a concept of "de-sociality" through an analysis of the "social maladjustment type". De-sociality is temporarily de-embedding the self from an existing social relationship. For eating disorder patients, the de-social space-time creates a healing space for them to recover their sociality.