Fat - 9781585423866
Un libro in lingua di Kulick Don (EDT) Meneley Anne (EDT) edito da Penguin Group USA, 2005
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An eclectic and highly original examination of one of the most dynamic concepts-and constructs-in the world.
With more than one billion overweight adults in the world today, obesity has become an epidemic. But fat is not as straightforward-or even as uni-versally damned-as one might think. Enlisting thirteen anthropologists and a fat activist, editors and anthropologists Don Kulick and Anne Meneley have produced an unconventional-and unprecedented-examination of fat in various cultural and social contexts. In this anthology, these writers argue that fat is neither a mere physical state nor an inert concept. Instead, it is a construct built by culture and judged in courts of public opinion, courts whose laws vary from society to society.
From the anthropology of "fat-talk" among teenage girls in Sweden to the veneration of Spam in Hawaii; from fear of the fat-sucking pishtaco vampire in the Andes to the underground allure of fat porn stars like Supersize Betsy-this anthology provides fresh perspectives on a subject more complex than love handles, and less easily understood than a number on a scale. Fat proves that fat can be beautiful, evil, pornographic, delicious, shameful, ugly, or magical. It all depends on who-and where-you are.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Fat
- Sottotitolo: The Anthropology Of An Obsession
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Kulick Don (EDT) Meneley Anne (EDT)
- Editore: Penguin Group USA
- Collana: (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 13 Gennaio '05
- Genere: SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Argomenti : Obesity Social aspects Medical anthropology Obesity Popular Works
- Pagine: 246
- Dimensioni mm: 203 x 139 x 19
- ISBN-10: 1585423866
- EAN-13: 9781585423866