Fat: A Cultural History of ObesityISBN: 978-0-7456-4441-7
Paperback
200 pages
September 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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