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Fat: A Cultural History of Obesity

ISBN: 978-0-7456-4441-7
Paperback
200 pages
November 2008, Polity
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  • fascinating new book on obesity which charts its cultural history from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day
  • very engaging and on a very topical subject – this book should attract lots of review coverage and a trade audience
  • Sander L. Gilman is very well known in the US and the UK for his previous books in the History of Medicine and psychoanalysis
  • full of details, facts, and cultural observations with examples literature and the media across the world

  • vivid and absorbing cultural guide to one of the most important topics in modern society
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