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Fat history : bodies and beauty in the modern West /

The modern struggle against fat cuts deeply and pervasively into American culture, as evidenced by the compulsion to stay thin, or at least to profess a desire to become thin. Dieting, weight consciousness, and widespread hostility to obesity form one of the fundamental themes of modern life in coun...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stearns, Peter N. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©1997.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The turning point
  • The medical path : physicians and faddists
  • Fat as a turn-of-the-century target : why?
  • The misogynist phase : 1920s-1960s
  • Stepping up the pace : old motives, new methods
  • Fat city : American weight gains in the twentieth century
  • The evolution of weight control in France
  • The French regime
  • Atlantic crisscross : the Franco-American contrasts
  • Conclusion : the fat's in the fire.