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Fat History

Bodies and Beauty in the Modern West

by Peter N. Stearns

1997 294 pages eng

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 life in coun…

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