Fat history : bodies and beauty in the modern West / Peter N. Stearns.
Fat history : bodies and beauty in the modern West / Peter N. Stearns.
Fat history : bodies and beauty in the modern West / Peter N. Stearns.
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New York : New York University Press, c1997.
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N613.2509/1
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. American Fat. 1. The Turning Point. 2. The Medical Path: Physicians and Faddists. 3. Fat as a Turn-of-the-Century Target: Why? -- Pt. II. Intensification of the Culture, 1920-1990s: Expiation and Its Limits. 4. The Misogynist Phase: 1920s-1960s. 5. Stepping up the Pace: Old Motives, New Metho...
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New York : New York University Press, c1997.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
Fat History explores the meaning of fat and antifat in modern Western society, focusing on the uniquely moral component of dieting in America. Tracing how Western standards of beauty and physical morality have been radically transformed over the past century, Peter N. Stearns illustrates how the contemporary obsession with fat arose in tandem with...
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Fat history : bodies and beauty in the modern West / Peter N. Stearns.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-287) and index.
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c1997.
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N613.2509/1
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0814780709(pbk.) :
9780814780701 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0814780709 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780814780695 (clothbound : alk. paper)
0814780695 (clothbound : alk. paper)
9780814780695 :
0814780695 :
9780814780701(pbk.) :
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613.2509
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991005714329702626
