Calories & corsets : a history of dieting over 2,000 years
Foxcroft, Louise, 1956-2011
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This work tells the story of our complicated relationship with food, the fashions and fads of body shape, and how cultural norms have changed over time. Foxcroft reveals the absurd lengths people go to in order to achieve the perfect body, from eating carbolic soap to swallowing tapeworm.
Main title:
Calories & corsets : a history of dieting over 2,000 years / Louise Foxcroft.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Profile, 2011.
Collation:
232 p. : ill., port. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781846684258 (hbk)
Dewey class:
306.4613613.2509613.2509 FOX
Language:
English
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BRN:
1369925