{"product_id":"fat-9780745644400","title":"Fat","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003efascinating new book on obesity which charts its cultural history from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day   very engaging and on a very topical subject - this book should attract lots of review coverage and a trade audience   Sander L.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gilman's work is absorbing and witty. It is addictive to read his critical observations on areas including childhood obesity, the growth of obesity in modern China and media coverage of the topic. And this, er, slim book will certainly appeal to all of us who want to understand a little more about the cultural and historical aspects and attitudes to obesity.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"This book will be useful to students of culture and social identity, concentrating as it does on the historical debates surrounding obesity.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eFat\u003c\/i\u003e] offers an engaging and suggestive reading with which all historians of fat, food, and modern dietary regimes will want to engage.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eH-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Sander Gilman makes a nuanced and richly documented argument about the historical, cultural, and scientific contingency of concepts such as 'fat', 'obesity', and 'health'. This book is a powerful demonstration of how moralistic prejudices influence public health discourse, and our ideas of what constitutes diseases and epidemics. It is an invaluable contribution to the contemporary interdisciplinary critique of our moral panic over fat.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePaul Campos, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Colorado\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eFat\u003c\/i\u003e, Sander Gilman artfully skewers the cultural tropes and myths surrounding one of the leading moral panics of our time – America's so-called obesity epidemic. Gilman unearths the hidden agendas and historical precedents that allow for our growing weight to be labelled as a deadly disease. Through his wit and erudition, \u003ci\u003eFat\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable perspective for anyone wanting a more nuanced perspective about health, culture, and society\"”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eEric Oliver, University of Chicago, author of \u003ci\u003eFat Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Some Weighty Thoughts on Dieting and Epidemics. \u003cp\u003e1) Epidemic Obesity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2) Childhood Obesity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3) The Stigma of Obesity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4) Obesity as an Ethnic Problem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5) Regions of Fat.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6) Chinese Obesity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: “Globesity” and Its Odd History.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSupplemental Readings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404386017623,"sku":"9780745644400","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fat-9780745644400","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}