Overview
This collection of essays examines obesity not as an objective medical or psychological problem, but as a subjective social and cultural phenomenon. The contributors take a cross-cultural perspective, examining both the negative casting of obesity in developed countries and the traditional view of obesity as a positive characteristic in subsistence societies which is threatened by the dominance of Western culture.
- | Author: Igor And Pollock De Garine
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Oct 03, 1995
- | Number of Pages: 352 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 2884491864
- | ISBN-13: 9782884491860
