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100 1  Vigarello, Georges 
245 14 The metamorphoses of fat :|ba history of obesity /
       |cGeorges Vigarello ; translated from the French by C. Jon
       Delogu. 
260    New York :|bColumbia University Press,|c2013 
490    European perspectives: a series in social thought and 
       cultural criticism 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520    One of the world's top historians of the body, Georges 
       Vigarello maps the evolution of Western ideas about fat 
       and fat people from the Middle Ages to today, paying 
       particular attention to the role of science, fashion, 
       fitness crazes, and public health campaigns in shaping 
       these views. While 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 
650  0 Obesity|xSocial aspects|xHistory 
650  0 Body image|xPsychology 
650  0 Obesity|xHistory 
700 1  Delogu,C.Jon