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Hardcover Fat History: Bodies and Beauty in the Modern West Book

ISBN: 0814780695

ISBN13: 9780814780695

Fat History: Bodies and Beauty in the Modern West

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A Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History

Explores the meaning of fat and anti-fat in modern Western society

The modern struggle against fat cuts deeply and pervasively into American culture, as evidenced by the compulsion to stay thin, or at least to profess a desire to become thin. Dieting, weight consciousness and widespread hostility to obesity form one of the fundamental themes of modern...

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