The culture of obesity in early and late modernity : body image in Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton, a...
The culture of obesity in early and late modernity : body image in Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton, a...
The culture of obesity in early and late modernity : body image in Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton, and Skelton / by Elena Levy-Navarro.
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New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N820.93561/4
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 238 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Towards a constructionist fat history -- A time before fat : gluttony in Piers Plowman -- Emergence of fatness defiant : Skelton at court -- Lean and mean : Shakespeare's criticism of thin privilege -- Boundless fat in Middleton's A game at chess -- Weigh me as a friend : Jonson's multiple construct...
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Publisher
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
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1st ed.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
"The Culture of Obesity in Early and Late Modernity offers rhe first sustained examination of fatness in rhe early modern period. As Levy-Navarro notes, bodily perceptions have evolved that value the thin body as they mark and stigmatize the fat one. Using readings of such major figures as Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton, and Skelton, this book cons...
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The culture of obesity in early and late modernity : body image in Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton, and Skelton / by Elena Levy-Navarro.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-225) and index.
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N820.93561/4
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74VMjRVDmvdl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMjRVDmvdl
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0230601235
9780230601239
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820.93561
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991001084939702626
