Fat History Bodies and Beauty in the Modern West

Name: Fat History Bodies and Beauty in the Modern West
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ISBN: 9780814780701

ISBN-10: 0814780709

ISBN-13: 9780814780701

Edition: 1999

Authors: Peter N. Stearns

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A Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History Stearns looks to explain why America is the fattest, and France the thinnest, nation in the West. In his view, 'dieting was ideally suited to an American need for an implicit but vigorous moral counterweight to consumer indulgence.' At the turn of the century, obesity was suddenly regarded as unhealthy and unpatriotic. Good American citizens should be fit, and a generation of fad diet experts sprung up to guide. --Elaine Showalter, Times Literary Supplement Offers new, reliable information and insights. --The Nation Explores the interaction of weight-control cultures with gender, class, and ethnicity issues. A meaty study of…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 3/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 310
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 9.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Peter N. Stearns is Provost and University Professor at George Mason University. Since 1967, he has served as editor-in-chief of The Journal of Social History. His numerous books include World History in Documents ; American Behavioral History ; and Anxious Parents .



Preface


Acknowledgments



American Fat



The Turning Point



The Medical Path: Physicians and Faddists



Fat as a Turn-of-the-Century Target: Why?



Intensification of the Culture, 1920-1990s: Expiation and Its Limits



The Misogynist Phase: 1920s-1960s



Stepping up the Pace: Old Motives, New Methods



Fat City: American Weight Gains in the Twentieth Century



The French Regime



The Evolution of Weight Control in France



The French Regime



Atlantic Crisscross: The Franco-American Contrasts



Conclusion: The Fat's in the Fire


Notes


Index