Fat boys : a slim book
Sander L. Gilman
Bok · Engelsk · 2004
| Utgitt | Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Pr. , cop. 2004
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| Omfang | XII, 310 s.
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| Opplysninger | "Discusses the fat man as a cultural icon, a social enigma and as a pressing medical issue Asks how the representation of the fat man alters with time and alters how men relate to their own bodies and the bodies of others, both men and women He is the epitome of health - or a walking time bomb. He is oversexed - or sexless. He is jolly - or hiding the tears of a clown. He is the picture of wealth and plenty - or the bloated, malnourished emblem of poverty. He is the fat man - a cultural icon, a social enigma, a pressing medical issue - and he is the subject of this remarkably rich book. The figures that Sander L. Gilman considers, from the ugly fat man with the beautiful sylph trapped inside to the smart fat boy to the aging body desirous of rejuvenation, appear and reappear in different guises throughout Western culture. And as is often true of marginal cases, they serve to define the shifting center of our dreams and beliefs. A tentative exploration in the world of male body fantasies, Gilman's book asks how the representation of the fat man alters with time and alters how men relate to their own bodies and the bodies of others, both men and women." (Fra Amazon). - Av innholdet: Fat boys in the cultural history of the West ; Fat boys writing and writing fat boys ; Patient Zero: Falstaff ; How fat detectives think (and fat villains act) ; Fat ballplayers and the bodies of fat men. - til0409
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| ISBN | 0-8032-2183-5 : 200.00
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