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Eating to Excess: The Meaning of Gluttony and the Fat Body in the Ancient World (Praeger Series on the Ancient World)
Eating to Excess The Meaning of Gluttony and the Fat Body in the Ancient World - Praeger Series on the Ancient World
Author: Susan E. Hill
People in the ancient western world made a distinction between being fat and being a glutton, even when they valued self-control and criticized excessive behavior. Examining many works of early western cultures, this book shows how ancient views both confirm and challenge our contemporary assumptions about fat bodies and gluttons.Eating to Exces...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780313385063
ISBN-10: 0313385068
Publication Date: 9/12/2011
Pages: 178
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Publisher: Praeger
Book Type: Hardcover
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