Eating to Excess : the Meaning of Gluttony and the Fat Body in the Ancient World.

This provocative book explores how ancient notions about the fat body and the glutton in western culture both challenge and confirm ideas about what it means to be overweight and gluttonous today.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hill, Susan E.
Otros Autores: Romer, Brian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, 2011.
Temas:
Civilization, Ancient.
Excess (Philosophy)
Food habits > History.
Gluttony > History.
History, Ancient.
Human body > History.
Obesity > History.
Civilisation ancienne.
Excès (Philosophie)
Habitudes alimentaires > Histoire.
Gourmandise > Histoire.
Histoire ancienne.
Corps humain > Histoire.
Obésité > Histoire.
Civilization, Ancient
Food habits
Gluttony
History, Ancient
Human body
Obesity
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chronology of Important Dates; Introduction: The Glutton and the Fat Body in the Ancient World; 1. "All Fat Is the Lord's"; 2. Philosophizing Excess in Plato And Aristotle; 3. Inside and Out: Medicine, Health, and Physiognomy in the Ancient World; 4. Popular Gluttons and Fat Bodies: The Trickster Herakles, Petronius's Satyricon, and Athenaeus's: The Learned Banqueters; 5. Ingest the Word, Not the World: Early Christian Ideas of Excess and Self-Restraint; 6. Gluttony Becomes a Deadly Sin; Epilogue; Notes; Further Reading; Index.

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