Fat : a cultural history of obesity / Sander L. Gilman.
"This book looks at the interweaving of fact and fiction relating to obesity, tracing public concern from the mid-nineteenth century to the modern day. It looks critically at the source of our anxieties, covering issues such as childhood obesity, the production of food, media coverage of the subject, and the emergence of obesity in modern China. Written as a cultural history, the book is particularly concerned with the cultural meanings that have been attached to obesity over time and explores the implications of these meanings for wider society. The history of these debates is the history of fat in culture, from nineteenth-century opera to our global dieting obsession. Fat: A Cultural History of Obesity is a vivid and absorbing cultural guide to one of the most important topics in modern society."--BOOK JACKET.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780745644400
- Physical Description: 237 p. ; 21 cm.
- Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; Polity, c2008.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-223) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : some weighty thoughts on dieting and epidemics -- Epidemic obesity -- Childhood obesity -- The stigma of obesity -- Obesity as an ethnic problem -- Regions of fat -- Chinese obesity |
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Subject: | Obesity > Ethnology. Obesity > History. Social Perception. Obesity > Social aspects > History. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Vancouver Island University Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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VIU Library - Nanaimo Campus | RC 628 G54 2008 (Text) | M011418761 | STACKS | Volume hold | Available | - |