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Author Gilman, Sander L.

Title Fat : a cultural history of obesity / Sander L. Gilman.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : Polity, 2008.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.4613 G487F    Check Shelf
Description 237 pages
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-223) and index.
Contents 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
Subject Obesity -- ethnology.
Obesity -- history.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
History, 20th Century.
Human Body.
Social Perception.
Obesity -- Social aspects -- History.
ISBN 9780745644400
0745644406
9780745644417 pb
0745644414 pb
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