ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|143 pages
Cultural Fattening Processes
part II|65 pages
Physical and Social Aspects
part III|93 pages
Social Phenomena Associated with Obesity