Social Aspects of Obesity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781138160033)

This collection of essays examines obesity not as an objective medical or psychological problem, but as a subjective social and cultural phenomenon. The contributors take a cross-cultural perspective, examining both the negative casting of obesity in developed countries and the traditional view of obesity as a positive characteristic in subsistence societies which is threatened by the dominance of Western culture.

Author: Igor de Garine
ISBN-10: 1138160032
ISBN-13: 9781138160033
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 01/27/2017
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d