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- Title Pages
- Introduction
-
Part 1 The Medieval Glutton -
1. The Prestige of the Big Person -
2. Liquids, Fat, and Wind -
3. The Horizon of Fault -
4. The Fifteenth Century and the Contrasts of Slimming -
Part 2 The “Modern” Oaf -
5. The Shores of Laziness -
6. The Plural of Fat -
7. Exploring Images, Defining Terms -
8. Constraining the Flesh -
Part 3 From Oafishness to Powerlessness -
9. Inventing Nuance -
10. Stigmatizing Powerlessness -
11. Toning Up -
Part 4 The Bourgeois Belly -
12. The Weight of Figures -
13. Typology Fever -
14. From Chemistry to Energy -
15. From Energy to Diets -
Part 5 Toward the “Martyr” -
16. The Dominance of Aesthetics -
17. Clinical Obesity and Everyday Obesity -
18. The Thin Revolution -
19. Declaring “the Martyr” -
Part 6 Changes in the Contemporary Debate - Conclusion
- Index
- European Perspectives
(p.185) Part 6 Changes in the Contemporary Debate
(p.185) Part 6 Changes in the Contemporary Debate
An Identity Problem and an Insidious Evil
- Source:
- The Metamorphoses of Fat
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
DOI:10.7312/columbia/9780231159760.011.0006
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- Title Pages
- Introduction
-
Part 1 The Medieval Glutton -
1. The Prestige of the Big Person -
2. Liquids, Fat, and Wind -
3. The Horizon of Fault -
4. The Fifteenth Century and the Contrasts of Slimming -
Part 2 The “Modern” Oaf -
5. The Shores of Laziness -
6. The Plural of Fat -
7. Exploring Images, Defining Terms -
8. Constraining the Flesh -
Part 3 From Oafishness to Powerlessness -
9. Inventing Nuance -
10. Stigmatizing Powerlessness -
11. Toning Up -
Part 4 The Bourgeois Belly -
12. The Weight of Figures -
13. Typology Fever -
14. From Chemistry to Energy -
15. From Energy to Diets -
Part 5 Toward the “Martyr” -
16. The Dominance of Aesthetics -
17. Clinical Obesity and Everyday Obesity -
18. The Thin Revolution -
19. Declaring “the Martyr” -
Part 6 Changes in the Contemporary Debate - Conclusion
- Index
- European Perspectives
