Fat history : bodies and beauty in the modern West

書誌事項

Fat history : bodies and beauty in the modern West

Peter N. Stearns

New York University Press, c1997

  • : pbk

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注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

収録内容

  • 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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巻冊次

ISBN 9780814780695

内容説明

The modern struggle against fat cuts deeply and pervasively into American culture. Dieting, weight consciousness, and widespread hostility toward obesity form one of the fundamental themes of modern life. Fat History explores the meaning of fat in contemporary Western society and illustrates how progressive changes, such as growth in consumer culture, increasing equality for women, and the refocusing of women's sexual and maternal roles have influenced today's obsession with fat. Brought up-to-date with a new preface and filled with narrative anecdotes, Fat History explores fat's transformation from a symbol of health and well-being to a sign of moral, psychological, and physical disorder.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780814780701

内容説明

A study of the transformation of fatness from a symbol of health and well-being to a sign of moral, psychological and physical disorder. The author sets out to explain why the USA is the fattest nation in the West and France the thinnest.

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