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Diets and dieting : a cultural encyclopedia / Sander L. Gilman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2008Description: xii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415974208
  • 9780415974202
Other title:
  • Diets and dieting : A cultural encyclopaedia
  • Cultural encyclopedia
  • Cultural encyclopaedia
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 613.2503 22
LOC classification:
  • RM214.5 .G55 2008
Contents:
List of Entries -- Introduction -- Entries A-Z -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: "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."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-294) and index.

List of Entries -- Introduction -- Entries A-Z -- Bibliography -- Index.

"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."--Publisher description.

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