Christopher E Forth: Fat | Buch

Cover: 9781789140620 | Fat | A Cultural History of the Stuff of Life | Christopher E Forth

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Fat. Such a little word evokes big responses. While "fat" describes the size and shape of bodies--their appearance--our negative reactions to corpulence also depend on something tangible and tactile. As this book argues, there is more to fat than meets the eye. Fat: A Cultural History of the Stuff of Life offers reflections on how fat has been perceived and imagined in the West since antiquity. Featuring fascinating historical accounts as well as philosophical, religious, and cultural analyses--including discussions of status, gender, and race--the book digs deep into the past for the roots of our current notions and prejudices. Two central themes emerge: how we have perceived and imagined corpulent bodies over the centuries, and how fat--as a substance as well as a description of body size--has been associated with vitality and fertility as well as perceptions of animality. By exploring the complex ways in which fat, fatness, and fattening have been perceived over time, this book provides rich insights into the stuff our stereotypes are made of.

Über den Autor

Christopher E. Forth is the Dean's Professor of Humanities and professor of history at the University of Kansas. He is the author of several books, including The Dreyfus Affair and the Crisis of French Manhood and Masculinity in the Modern West.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2019
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Buch
ISBN-13:	9781789140620
ISBN-10:	1789140625
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Forth, Christopher E
Hersteller:	Reaktion Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	241 x 162 x 32 mm
Von/Mit:	Christopher E Forth
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.06.2019
Gewicht:	0,924 kg

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