Feeding desire : fatness, beauty, and sexuality among a Saharan people /

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While the Western world adheres to a beauty ideal that says women can never be too thin, the semi-nomadic Moors of the Sahara desert have for centuries cherished a feminine ideal of extreme fatness. Voluptuous immobility is thought to beautify girls' bodies, hasten the onset of puberty, heighte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Popenoe, Rebecca, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Temas:
Muslim women > Azaouak Valley (Mali and Niger)
Women, Arab > Azaouak Valley (Mali and Niger)
Overweight women > Azaouak Valley (Mali and Niger)
Sex customs > Azaouak Valley (Mali and Niger)
Body image in women > Azaouak Valley (Mali and Niger)
Human body > Social aspects > Azaouak Valley (Mali and Niger)
Musulmanes > Azaouak, Vallée de l' (Mali et Niger)
Femmes arabes > Azaouak, Vallée de l' (Mali et Niger)
Femmes en surpoids > Azaouak, Vallée de l' (Mali et Niger)
Vie sexuelle > Azaouak, Vallée de l' (Mali et Niger)
Image du corps chez la femme > Azaouak, Vallée de l' (Mali et Niger)
Corps humain > Aspect social > Azaouak, Vallée de l' (Mali et Niger)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Body image in women
Human body > Social aspects
Manners and customs
Muslim women
Overweight women
Sex customs
Women, Arab
Azaouak Valley (Mali and Niger) > Social life and customs.
Azaouak, Vallée de l' (Mali et Niger) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Africa > Azaouak Valley
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:While the Western world adheres to a beauty ideal that says women can never be too thin, the semi-nomadic Moors of the Sahara desert have for centuries cherished a feminine ideal of extreme fatness. Voluptuous immobility is thought to beautify girls' bodies, hasten the onset of puberty, heighten their sexuality and ripen them for marriage. From the time of the loss of their first milk teeth, girls are directed to eat huge bowls of milk and porridge in one of the world's few examples of active female fattening. Based on fieldwork in an Arab village in Niger, Feeding Desire analyses the meaning.
Descripción Física:1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781135140779
1135140774

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