Diets and Dieting
Subtitle: a Cultural Encyclopedia
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780203935507; 9781281063014
Subjects: Diets
Description: Diets and dieting have concerned--and sometimes obsessed--human societies for centuries. The dieters' regime is about many things, among them the control of weight and the body, the politics of beauty, discipline and even self-harm, personal and societal demands for improved health, spiritual harmony with the universe, and ethical codes of existence. In this innovative reference work that spans many periods and cultures, the acclaimed cultural and medical historian Sander Gilman lays out the history of diets and dieting in a fascinating series of articles.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF ENTRIES; INTRODUCTION; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z; SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES; INDEX.