Fat History : Bodies and Beauty in the Modern West /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stearns, Peter N.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, 1997.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Fat > Social aspects > France > History.
Fat > Social aspects > United States > History.
Body image > France > History.
Body image > United States > History.
Weight loss > France > History.
Weight loss > United States > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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