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Fat

By Don Kulick

Fat

By Don Kulick

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
2005-01-13
Publication Date:
2005-01-13
Publisher:
Penguin Random House LLC
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1585423866
ISBN13:
9781585423866
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
227 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
210 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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