Blubberland : the dangers of happiness / Elizabeth Farrelly.
Blubberland : the dangers of happiness / Elizabeth Farrelly.
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Publisher
Sydney : UNSW Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
Call Numbers
720.103/3
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Language
English
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Physical content
219 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Contents: 1. Desire body: wanting it, all, now -- 2. Beauty and the struggle for power over death -- 3. Against Beauty: the search for honesty through ugliness -- 4. House as mask: only connect -- 5. Fat and the family home -- 6. Nature and culture -- 7. Feminism and future-eating -- 8. Why so ugly?...
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Publisher
Sydney : UNSW Press, 2007.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2007.
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Summary
"Why is western humanity, richer and safer than ever before, also fatter, sadder and more fearful? Blubberland is a witty and engaging critique of the way we live now. It covers architecture and city-making but looks also at why we desire, what we mean by beauty, our friend-foe relationship with nature and why truth is a life and death thing, even...
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Blubberland : the dangers of happiness / Elizabeth Farrelly.
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Notes
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Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 204-210.
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Other version (online)
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720.103/3
Record Identifier
74VKzW7a4lGA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzW7a4lGA
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ISBN
9780868408378 (pbk.)
DDC
720.103
MMS ID
991023499099702626
