Fat history : bodies and beauty in the modern West / Peter N. Stearns.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stearns, Peter N.
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [1997], ©1997.
Subjects:
Weight loss > United States > History.
Weight loss > France > History.
Body image > United States > History.
Body image > France > History.
Fat > Social aspects > United States > History.
Fat > Social aspects > France > History.
Obesity.
Fat Body.
Weight Loss.
Body Image.
Physical Description:xvi, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The turning point
  • The medical path : physicians and faddists
  • Fat as a turn-of-the-century target : why?
  • The misogynist phase : 1920s-1960s
  • Stepping up the pace : old motives, new methods
  • Fat city : American weight gains in the twentieth century
  • The evolution of weight control in France
  • The French regime
  • Atlantic crisscross : the Franco-American contrasts
  • Conclusion : the fat's in the fire.