Diets and dieting : a cultural encyclopedia / Sander L. Gilman.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2008Description: xii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0415974208
- 9780415974202
- Diets and dieting : A cultural encyclopaedia
- Cultural encyclopedia
- Cultural encyclopaedia
- 613.2503 22
- RM214.5 .G55 2008
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Book | North Campus North Campus Main Collection | 613.2503 GIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A445971B |
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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