Lucille Cairns was a Professor of French at the University of Durham, and author of numerous articles and chapters on French women’s writing and filmmaking, male and female homosexuality in French literature and film, and Franco-Jewish writing, as well as of six sole-authored monographs.

• AcknowledgementsPublisher’s NoteDedicationChapter 1: Anorexia Nervosa (Restrictor Type)Chapter 2: Bulimia Nervosa/BulimarexiaChapter 3: Binge Eating DisorderConclusionBibliographyAppendix: Commonalities - Salient Points, Tropes and Motifs in Different Eating Disorders Emerging from the Primary Texts, and References Thereto from the Secondary Literature (Clinical, Medically-research based, and Critical Theory)

‘Lucille Cairns’s monograph is set to become an indispensable read for anyone interested in contemporary French Studies, irrespective of field of specialization. Her multi- and interdisciplinary methodological approach (p.16) is second to none in its richness, precision, and meticulousness. The book manages the almost impossible feat of speaking to a variety of audiences: both the highly informed, such as the medical community or literary scholars, and novices who are not (yet) knowledgeable about the nosology and aetiology of eating disorders (ED).’ Sandra Daroczi, Modern Language Review