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Diets and Dieting: A Cultural Encyclopedia

Diets and Dieting: A Cultural Encyclopedia

Hardcover

Diet & NutritionGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0415974208
ISBN13: 9780415974202
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Nov 26 2007
Pages: 320
Weight: 2.41
Height: 0.99 Width: 8.71 Depth: 11.25
Language: English

Diets and dieting have concerned--and sometimes obsessed--human societies for centuries. The dieters' regime is about many things, among them the control of weight and the body, the politics of beauty, discipline and even self-harm, personal and societal demands for improved health, spiritual harmony with the universe, and ethical codes of existence. In this innovative reference work that spans many periods and cultures, the acclaimed cultural and medical historian Sander Gilman lays out the history of diets and dieting in a fascinating series of articles.

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