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Sander L. Gilman

Fat: A Cultural History of Obesity

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The modern world is faced with a terrifying new 'disease', that of 'obesity'. As people get fatter, we have come to see excess weight as unhealthy, morally repugnant and socially damaging. Fat it seems has long been a national problem and each age, culture and tradition have all defined a point beyond which excess weight is unacceptable, ugly or corrupting.This fascinating new book by Sander Gilman looks at the interweaving of fact and fiction about obesity, tracing public concern from the mid-nineteenth century to the modern day. He looks critically at the source of our anxieties, covering issues such as childhood obesity, the production of… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-7456-4441-7
  • EAN: 9780745644417
  • Produktnummer: 4551880
  • Verlag: Polity Pr
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
  • Seitenangabe: 237 S.
  • Masse: H20.9 cm x B14.2 cm x D2.3 cm 319 g
  • Gewicht: 319

Über den Autor


Sander L Gilman is Distinguished Professor of the Liberal Arts and Medicine at Emory University.

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