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Spiro, M. (1987b). Religion. Problems of definition and explanation . In B. Kilbome & L.L. Langness (Eds.), Culture and human nature . (pp.187-222). Chicago and London : University of Chicago Press.

Steiger, H. (1993). Anorexia nervosa: Is it the syndrome or the theorist that is culture- and gender-bound? Transcultural Psychiatric Research Review, 30, 347-358.