Cultures of the Abdomen
Subtitle: Diet, Digestion, and Fat in the Modern World
Contributors: Christopher E. Forth (Editor); Ana Carden-Coyne (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: December 23, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781403965219
Subjects: Cultural studies; Social History; Modern - General; Health & Fitness; Fat; History - General History; Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology; Health/Fitness; Psychology & Psychiatry / Eating Disorders; Social aspects; Diets - General; Psychopathology - Eating Disorders; General; Abdomen; Food habits; History
First sentence: During the eighteenth century, the stomachs of the British upper ranks threatened to turn on their owners and devour them from the inside.