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Fat, Gluttony and Sloth: Obesity in Literature, Art and Medicine
Fat Gluttony and Sloth Obesity in Literature Art and Medicine
Author: David W. Haslam, Fiona Haslam
Historical symbol of wealth and fertility, stigma of the modern West, and currently the world’s second-leading cause of preventable death: despite advances in hygiene, science, and public health, obesity and its corpulent imagery are inescapable reminders of a global epidemic and its manifold incarnations. For the first time, the number of ove...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781846310942
ISBN-10: 1846310946
Publication Date: 7/15/2009
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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