The metamorphoses of fat :: a history of obesity /
Georges Vigarello maps the evolution of Western ideas about fat and fat people from the Middle Ages to the present, paying particular attention to the role of science, fashion, fitness crazes, and public health campaigns in shaping these views. Although hefty bodies were once a sign of power, today...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Georges Vigarello maps the evolution of Western ideas about fat and fat people from the Middle Ages to the present, paying particular attention to the role of science, fashion, fitness crazes, and public health campaigns in shaping these views. Although hefty bodies were once a sign of power, today those who struggle to lose weight are considered poor in character and weak in mind. Vigarello traces the eventual equation of fatness with infirmity and the way we have come to define ourselves and others in terms of body type. Vigarello begins with the medieval artists and intellectuals who treated heavy bodies as symbols of force and prosperity. He then follows the shift during the Renaissance and early modern period to courtly, medical, and religious codes that increasingly favored moderation and discouraged excess. Scientific advances in the eighteenth century also brought greater knowledge of food and the body's processes, recasting fatness as the "relaxed" antithesis of health. The body-as-mechanism metaphor intensified in the early nineteenth century, with the chemistry revolution and heightened attention to food-as-fuel, which turned the body into a kind of furnace or engine. During this period, social attitudes towards fat became conflicted, with the bourgeois male belly operating as a sign of prestige but also as a symbol of greed and exploitation, while the overweight female was admired only if she was working class. Vigarello concludes with the fitness and body-conscious movements of the twentieth century and the proliferation of personal confessions about obesity, which tied fat more closely to notions of personality, politics, taste, and class."--Jacket. |
| Beschreibung: | Translation of: Les metamorphoses du gras : histoire de l'obésité. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xiii, 261 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-247) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0231535309 9780231535304 9781306315036 1306315034 |
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| spelling | Vigarello, Georges, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78039793 Métamorphoses du gras. English The metamorphoses of fat : a history of obesity / Georges Vigarello ; translated from the French by C. Jon Delogu. New York : Columbia University Press, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource (xiii, 261 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rdaft European perspectives : a series in social thought and cultural criticism Translation of: Les metamorphoses du gras : histoire de l'obésité. Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-247) and index. The prestige of the big person -- Liquids, fat, and wind -- The horizon of fault -- The fifteenth century and the contrasts of slimming -- The shores of laziness -- The plural of fat -- Exploring images, defining terms -- Constraining the flesh -- Inventing nuance -- Stigmatizing powerlessness -- Toning up -- The weight of figures -- Typology fever -- From chemistry to energy -- From energy to diets -- The dominance of aesthetics -- Clinical obesity and everyday obesity -- The thin revolution -- Declaring "the martyr" -- Changes in the contemporary debate : an identity problem and an insidious evil. Georges Vigarello maps the evolution of Western ideas about fat and fat people from the Middle Ages to the present, paying particular attention to the role of science, fashion, fitness crazes, and public health campaigns in shaping these views. Although hefty bodies were once a sign of power, today those who struggle to lose weight are considered poor in character and weak in mind. Vigarello traces the eventual equation of fatness with infirmity and the way we have come to define ourselves and others in terms of body type. Vigarello begins with the medieval artists and intellectuals who treated heavy bodies as symbols of force and prosperity. He then follows the shift during the Renaissance and early modern period to courtly, medical, and religious codes that increasingly favored moderation and discouraged excess. Scientific advances in the eighteenth century also brought greater knowledge of food and the body's processes, recasting fatness as the "relaxed" antithesis of health. The body-as-mechanism metaphor intensified in the early nineteenth century, with the chemistry revolution and heightened attention to food-as-fuel, which turned the body into a kind of furnace or engine. During this period, social attitudes towards fat became conflicted, with the bourgeois male belly operating as a sign of prestige but also as a symbol of greed and exploitation, while the overweight female was admired only if she was working class. Vigarello concludes with the fitness and body-conscious movements of the twentieth century and the proliferation of personal confessions about obesity, which tied fat more closely to notions of personality, politics, taste, and class."--Jacket. Description based on print version record; title from PDF title page (viewed November 28, 2022). English. Obesity Social aspects History. Medicine, Medieval. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083152 Obesity history Body Image psychology Body Size History, Medieval History, Modern 1601- History, Early Modern 1451-1600 https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049692 Obésité Aspect social Histoire. Médecine médiévale. Médecine Histoire 1500- POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Social Security. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Social Services & Welfare. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural. bisacsh Medicine, Medieval fast Obesity Social aspects fast Electronic books. History fast Delogu, Christopher Jon, translator. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99001133 has work: The metamorphoses of fat (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGpQkRKy34VjyT4W8Km3Yq https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Vigarello, Georges. Métamorphoses du gras. English. Metamorphoses of fat. New York : Columbia University Press, [2013] 9780231159760 (DLC) 2012029197 (OCoLC)816498901 European perspectives. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42011210 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=619719 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Vigarello, Georges The metamorphoses of fat : a history of obesity / European perspectives. The prestige of the big person -- Liquids, fat, and wind -- The horizon of fault -- The fifteenth century and the contrasts of slimming -- The shores of laziness -- The plural of fat -- Exploring images, defining terms -- Constraining the flesh -- Inventing nuance -- Stigmatizing powerlessness -- Toning up -- The weight of figures -- Typology fever -- From chemistry to energy -- From energy to diets -- The dominance of aesthetics -- Clinical obesity and everyday obesity -- The thin revolution -- Declaring "the martyr" -- Changes in the contemporary debate : an identity problem and an insidious evil. Obesity Social aspects History. Medicine, Medieval. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083152 Obesity history Body Image psychology Body Size History, Medieval History, Modern 1601- History, Early Modern 1451-1600 https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049692 Obésité Aspect social Histoire. Médecine médiévale. Médecine Histoire 1500- POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Social Security. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Social Services & Welfare. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural. bisacsh Medicine, Medieval fast Obesity Social aspects fast |
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| title | The metamorphoses of fat : a history of obesity / |
| title_alt | Métamorphoses du gras. |
| title_auth | The metamorphoses of fat : a history of obesity / |
| title_exact_search | The metamorphoses of fat : a history of obesity / |
| title_full | The metamorphoses of fat : a history of obesity / Georges Vigarello ; translated from the French by C. Jon Delogu. |
| title_fullStr | The metamorphoses of fat : a history of obesity / Georges Vigarello ; translated from the French by C. Jon Delogu. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The metamorphoses of fat : a history of obesity / Georges Vigarello ; translated from the French by C. Jon Delogu. |
| title_short | The metamorphoses of fat : |
| title_sort | metamorphoses of fat a history of obesity |
| title_sub | a history of obesity / |
| topic | Obesity Social aspects History. Medicine, Medieval. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083152 Obesity history Body Image psychology Body Size History, Medieval History, Modern 1601- History, Early Modern 1451-1600 https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049692 Obésité Aspect social Histoire. Médecine médiévale. Médecine Histoire 1500- POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Social Security. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Social Services & Welfare. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural. bisacsh Medicine, Medieval fast Obesity Social aspects fast |
| topic_facet | Obesity Social aspects History. Medicine, Medieval. Obesity history Body Image psychology Body Size History, Medieval History, Modern 1601- History, Early Modern 1451-1600 Obésité Aspect social Histoire. Médecine médiévale. Médecine Histoire 1500- POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Social Services & Welfare. SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural. Medicine, Medieval Obesity Social aspects Electronic books. History |
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