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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Detalles Bibliográficos
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.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The prestige of the big person
  • Liquids, fat, and wind
  • The horizon of fault
  • The fifteenth century and the contrasts of slimming
  • The shores of laziness
  • The plural of fat
  • Exploring images, defining terms
  • Constraining the flesh
  • Inventing nuance
  • Stigmatizing powerlessness
  • Toning up
  • The weight of figures
  • Typology fever
  • From chemistry to energy
  • From energy to diets
  • The dominance of aesthetics
  • Clinical obesity and everyday obesity
  • The thin revolution
  • Declaring "the martyr"
  • Changes in the contemporary debate : an identity problem and an insidious evil.

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