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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Popenoe, Rebecca, 1962-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo

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