This book examines the lively and complex nineteenth- and early twentieth-century debates about the meaning of fat and its varied implications for health, beauty, and status.
This book examines the lively and complex nineteenth- and early twentieth-century debates about the meaning of fat and its varied implications for health, beauty, and status.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
List of Figures and Tables Introduction Section I: Epistemologies and Philosophies
1. The Enfleshment of Difference: Medicalizing and Gendering the Fat Body in the Nineteenth Century Kristen A. Hardy 2. To Measure Skulls, to Measure Waists: The Nineteenth-Century Origins of Modern Health Standards Bessie Rigakos and Wesley R. Bishop Section II: Weights and Measures 3. "All young things are fat if they are in health": The Shift from Qualitative to Quantitative Assessments of Infant Weight in the Nineteenth-Century United States V. Lynn Kennedy
4. Physical Culture and the Denial of Fat in fin de siècle America Conor Heffernan 5. Prison Bodies: The Height and Weight of Men in Canadian Prisons, 1874-1935 L. Antonie, K. Inwood, and H. Maxwell-Stewart Section III: Cultural Representations and Constructions 6. Visual and Material Cultures of the Fat Body, 1780-1840: Representation, Commodification, and Display Freya Gowrley 7. The Fat Body and Colonial Symbolism: Imperialism, Appetite, and Hunger in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness Tatiana Konrad 8. Visualizing the Body: The Mbopo Ritual and the Politics of Fatness in Southern Nigeria in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Nsima Udo Section IV: Imperialism, Colonialism, and the Body Politic 9. Colonial Engorgement in the Pictorial Arts: "Fat" Uncle Sam in the Imperialist Debates, 1898-1902 Bonnie M. Miller 10. Gaining in Flesh: Canadian Soldiers in the War in South Africa Amy J. Shaw Conclusion Bibliography List of Contributors Index
List of Figures and Tables Introduction Section I: Epistemologies and Philosophies
1. The Enfleshment of Difference: Medicalizing and Gendering the Fat Body in the Nineteenth Century Kristen A. Hardy 2. To Measure Skulls, to Measure Waists: The Nineteenth-Century Origins of Modern Health Standards Bessie Rigakos and Wesley R. Bishop Section II: Weights and Measures 3. "All young things are fat if they are in health": The Shift from Qualitative to Quantitative Assessments of Infant Weight in the Nineteenth-Century United States V. Lynn Kennedy
4. Physical Culture and the Denial of Fat in fin de siècle America Conor Heffernan 5. Prison Bodies: The Height and Weight of Men in Canadian Prisons, 1874-1935 L. Antonie, K. Inwood, and H. Maxwell-Stewart Section III: Cultural Representations and Constructions 6. Visual and Material Cultures of the Fat Body, 1780-1840: Representation, Commodification, and Display Freya Gowrley 7. The Fat Body and Colonial Symbolism: Imperialism, Appetite, and Hunger in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness Tatiana Konrad 8. Visualizing the Body: The Mbopo Ritual and the Politics of Fatness in Southern Nigeria in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Nsima Udo Section IV: Imperialism, Colonialism, and the Body Politic 9. Colonial Engorgement in the Pictorial Arts: "Fat" Uncle Sam in the Imperialist Debates, 1898-1902 Bonnie M. Miller 10. Gaining in Flesh: Canadian Soldiers in the War in South Africa Amy J. Shaw Conclusion Bibliography List of Contributors Index
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