FED UP: REPRESENTING EATING DISORDER IN DÓRA GALGÓCZI’S BODY IN THE PRISON OF SOUL: LET ME FREE, ANOREXIA!

Abstract

Dóra Galgóczi’sBody in the Prison of Soul: Let me Free, Anorexia! is examined for the fictional representation of Anorexia Nervosa, an eating disorder. The disease, which was first described by Sir William Gull in 1888, has over the period, undergone considerable diagnostic revision. The obsessive resistance to food is the major theme of the novel, as it manifests in Anikó the central character in her teens.The strategies that she mounts against eating and weight gaining, thesupport that she receives both from her family and health care personnel, itsimpact on her life,her fears and the challenges of growing up and the social perception of theadult female body arealso part of this paper.