{"product_id":"fat-bodies-in-early-modern-holly-fletcher-9781032771663","title":"Fat Bodies in Early Modern Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is the first to examine understandings and experiences of fatness in early modern Europe (c. 1450-1700), uncovering attitudes towards fat bodies across England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain through interdisciplinary analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders will gain a comprehensive understanding of how early modern Europeans perceived and experienced fat bodies through historically specific contexts rather than modern assumptions. The book delivers this through interdisciplinary scholarship combining history, art history, and literary studies to analyse sources across five major European regions. This approach reveals both continuities and contradictions in attitudes towards corpulence, examining medical, artistic, and literary perspectives within their proper historical frameworks. By considering early modern experiences on their own terms and relating them to period-specific conceptions of embodiment, readers will develop nuanced appreciation for how fatness was understood before modern medical and social constructs emerged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is written for students and scholars of the early modern period, particularly those studying European history, cultural history, and the history of the body. It will also appeal to researchers in fat studies seeking historical perspectives and non-specialists interested in historical attitudes towards bodies and embodiment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Holly Fletcher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032771666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032771663\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Holly Fletcher","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48520156938495,"sku":"9781032771663","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e6c3da21-eb7f-4524-a5d4-2d4dfc13dd8c.jpg?v=1778741091","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fat-bodies-in-early-modern-holly-fletcher-9781032771663","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}