The title of this book is related to an old English legend about a baker’s daughter who could not accept her femininity and as a result turned into an owl. Marion Woodman, a Jungian analyst, explores the problem of unconscious and unconsciously rejected femininity, which is especially common in obese women.
The title of this book is related to an old English legend about a baker’s daughter who could not accept her femininity and as a result turned into an owl. Marion Woodman, a Jungian analyst, explores the problem of unconscious and unconsciously rejected femininity, which is especially common in obese women. Describing the family, cultural and mythological aspects of this problem, the author pays special attention to the relationship between mother and daughter, father and daughter, and finds similarities in the family histories of obese women. For example, a mother’s dominance, her inability to love compensated by food, or the intense emotional bond between father and daughter… Marion Woodman seeks ways to cope with this problem and offers practical advice to help overweight women listen to themselves, explore the meaning of their femininity and accept their body as such. , what it is.
Kogito-Center, 175 p.
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