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• W2324444928 abstract "Fat, Gluttony and Sloth reflects growing interest in and anxiety about fat in British society, and offers an interesting, if at times frustrating, take on fat and culture from ancient times to the present. Written by a physician and a medical historian, this well-illustrated and clearly written book aims to survey ‘the history and perceptions of obesity; it is not intended to engage with critical theory and analysis. … The intention is to present historical facts and to document historical conceptions and the views and reasoning of important medical figures in order to shed light on modern representations and management of obesity’ (p. 8). Obviously directed at a wider audience than academics, it features a foreword by Ian Banks (a physician specializing in men's health and obesity) imploring all who are truly concerned about fat to ‘read this book, and laugh a little’ (p. viii). The authors' outlook on obesity is clearly laid out in the introduction: from the biomedical perspective that they share, fat ‘is a threat to the individual and to society as a whole’ (p. 4), and readers are reminded of this throughout the book. Through 12 chapters the authors move back and forth across Western history to present the background to our modern predicament, roaming from the Greeks and Romans to contemporary health concerns, discussing along the way ‘freak’ shows, quack medicine, ancient and medieval views of gluttony and sloth, and depictions of fat people in art, literature and film. The authors are at their best when they pursue a given issue in some detail and remain within a given time period. For instance, the chapter on dubious drug treatments is quite interesting and informative. Yet elsewhere retrospective diagnoses abound, and much of the specific historical material is described with little or no attempt at contextualization. Some of this is to be expected in a book that covers so much ground, but mounting example upon example across centuries would give many medical historians pause. The result is an almost encyclopaedic hotchpotch of information pertaining to fat in history, medicine and a variety of media. While this may be a boon to readers wishing for a richly illustrated factual overview of fat in history—which the book accomplishes reasonably well—it may be unsatisfying for those seeking a deep or rigorous engagement with the material." @default.
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• W2324444928 title "David Haslam and Fiona Haslam, Fat, Gluttony and Sloth: Obesity in Literature, Art and Medicine" @default.
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