The metamorphoses of fat : a history of obesity /

Georges Vigarello maps the evolution of Western ideas about fat and fat people from the Middle Ages to the present, paying particular attention to the role of science, fashion, fitness crazes, and public health campaigns in shaping these views. Although hefty bodies were once a sign of power, today...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vigarello, Georges (Autor)
Otros Autores: Delogu, Christopher Jon (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2013]
Colección:European perspectives.
Temas:
Obesity > Social aspects > History.
Medicine, Medieval.
Obesity > history
Body Image > psychology
Body Size
History, Medieval
History, Modern 1601-
History, Early Modern 1451-1600
Obésité > Aspect social > Histoire.
Médecine médiévale.
Médecine > Histoire > 1500-
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Obesity > Social aspects.
Electronic books.
History.
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