Brumberg Contagion And Convergence Summary

In Brumberg's article, she explains how anorexia nervosa is a “contagious” and “communicable” disease due to “its cultural availability, [and] its visibility” (Brumberg, 1). She states that anorexia nervosa has become a contagious disease because of how widely it is discussed and how well-known it has become making information easily accessible. It puts the idea in people’s heads leaving them to make their own decisions pertaining to the illness. Brumberg claims that its popularization has shown an increase in the occurrence of the disease and made it more common among people, specifically adolescent females. The concepts of contagion and convergence, which are discussed in Brumberg’s article, are examples of how easily the disease can spread