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The metamorphoses of fat: a history of obesity

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This text traces the link between changing attitudes toward body size and modern conceptions of class, society and self.

Georges Vigarello maps the evolution of Western ideas about fat and fat people from the Middle Ages to today, noting the role of science, fashion, fitness crazes, and public health campaigns in shaping these views.

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Columbia University Press
0231535309 / 9780231535304
eBook (EPUB)
07/05/2013
English
257 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
Translated from the French Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 13, 2015).