Fat: The Anthropology of an Obsession
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- Synopsis
- Thirteen anthropologists and a fat activist examine fat as a concept, a substance, and a lifestyle. Their entertaining and thought-provoking essays, with titles like "Phat," "Leaky," "Lard," and "Spam," put fat in a broad, cross-cultural context, showing that around the world and even in the frequently image-obsessed US, fat is far from the straightforward evil it's often presented as. There's no index. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) [Proofreader's note: Rated Adult Content by Bookshare's standards due to explicit sexual content.]
- Copyright:
- 2005
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 247 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781585423866
- Publisher:
- Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Date of Addition:
- 08/31/11
- Copyrighted By:
- Don Kulick, Anne Meneley
- Adult content:
- Yes
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Social Studies, Medicine
- Submitted By:
- Liz Halperin
- Proofread By:
- Liz Halperin
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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