Fat
Subtitle: a cultural history of obesity
By: Sander L. Gilman.
Publisher: Polity
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780745644417; 9780745644400
Subjects: Obesity -- Social aspects -- History; Obesity -- epidemiology; Obesity -- ethnology; Obesity -- history; Cross-Cultural Comparison; History, 20th Century; Human Body; Social Perception; Vetzucht; Gezondheid; Culturele aspecten
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-223) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : some weighty thoughts on dieting and epidemics; title: Epidemic obesity; title: Childhood obesity; title: The stigma of obesity; title: Obesity as an ethnic problem; title: Regions of fat; title: Chinese obesity; title: Conclusion : "globesity" and its odd history.