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Fat : a cultural history of the stuff of life / Christopher E. Forth.
Van Pelt Library RA645.O23 F67 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forth, Christopher E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obesity--Social aspects.
- Obesity.
- Fat--Social aspects.
- Fat.
- Overweight persons.
- Obesity--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- Obesity--history.
- Physical Description:
- 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK : Reaktion Books Ltd, 2019.
- Contents:
- 1 The Stuff of Life: Thinking and Doing with Fat p. 17
- 2 Fertile Ambiguities: The Agricultural Imagination p. 37
- 3 Ancient Appetites: Luxury and the Geography of Softness p. 57
- 4 Christian Corpulence: The Belly and What Lies Beneath p. 82
- 5 Noble Fat? Corpulence in the Middle Ages p. 107
- 6 The Fat of the Land; or, Why a Good Cock is Never Fat p. 134
- 7 Spartan Mirages: Utopian Bodies and the Challenges of Modernity p. 156
- 8 Grease and Grace: The Disenchantment of Fat? p. 182
- 9 Savage Desires: 'Primitive' Fat and 'Civilized' Slenderness p. 207
- 10 Bodily Utopianism: Modern Dreams of Transcendence p. 236.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1789140625
- 9781789140620
- OCLC:
- 1041803699
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