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Fat, gluttony, and sloth : obesity in medicine, art, and literature /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haslam, David W.
Other Authors: Haslam, Fiona
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Medicine in Literature.
Obesity > history.
Body Image.
Medicine in the Arts.
Obesity > psychology.
Obesity.
Obesity in art.
Obesity in literature.
Obesity in mass media.
Table of Contents:
  • Obesity and the obese
  • Fat folk on show
  • A brief history of food and drink
  • Addressing obesity : diet
  • Addressing obesity : physical exercise
  • Addressing obesity : drug treatments
  • Gluttony
  • Sloth
  • Heavenly bodies
  • Obesity on the page
  • Popular images of obesity
  • Fat on film
  • Epilogue : The dance of death.