An edition of Fat History: Bodies and Beauty in the Modern West
(1997)
Fat history
bodies and beauty in the modern West
by Peter N. Stearns
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Body image, Social aspects of Fat, Weight loss, Fat, History, Personality and culturePlaces
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Fat History: Bodies and Beauty in the Modern West
March 1, 1999, New York University Press
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Fat history: bodies and beauty in the modern West
1997, New York University Press
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Table of Contents
The turning point
The medical path : physicians and faddists
Fat as a turn-of-the-century target : why?
The misogynist phase : 1920s-1960s
Stepping up the pace : old motives, new methods
Fat city : American weight gains in the twentieth century
The evolution of weight control in France
The French regime
Atlantic crisscross : the Franco-American contrasts
Conclusion : the fat's in the fire.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-287) and index.
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