Название: Diets and Dieting: A Cultural Encyclopedia
Автор: Sander L. Gilman
Издательство: Routledge
ISBN: 0415801935
Год: 2007
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 320
Размер: 2,3 МБ
Язык: Английский
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.