Amy Shaw, Lynn KennedyMeanings, Measures, and Representations
Fat and the Body in the Long Nineteenth Century
Meanings, Measures, and Representations
Herausgeber: Shaw, Amy; Kennedy, Lynn
Amy Shaw, Lynn KennedyMeanings, Measures, and Representations
Fat and the Body in the Long Nineteenth Century
Meanings, Measures, and Representations
Herausgeber: Shaw, Amy; Kennedy, Lynn
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This book examines the lively and complex nineteenth- and early twentieth-century debates about the meaning of fat and its varied implications for health, beauty, and status.
This book examines the lively and complex nineteenth- and early twentieth-century debates about the meaning of fat and its varied implications for health, beauty, and status.
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- Verlag: University of Toronto Press
- Seitenzahl: 288
- Erscheinungstermin: 24. Dezember 2024
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 28mm
- Gewicht: 517g
- ISBN-13: 9781487553395
- ISBN-10: 1487553390
- Artikelnr.: 71615443
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
- Verlag: University of Toronto Press
- Seitenzahl: 288
- Erscheinungstermin: 24. Dezember 2024
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 28mm
- Gewicht: 517g
- ISBN-13: 9781487553395
- ISBN-10: 1487553390
- Artikelnr.: 71615443
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
Amy J. Shaw is an associate professor in the Department of History and Religion at the University of Lethbridge. V. Lynn Kennedy is an associate professor in the Department of History and Religion at the University of Lethbridge.
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
Section I: Epistemologies and Philosophies
1. The Enfleshment of Difference: Medicalizing and Gendering the Fat Body
in the Nineteenth Century
Kristen A. Hardy
2. To Measure Skulls, to Measure Waists: The Nineteenth-Century Origins of
Modern Health Standards
Bessie Rigakos and Wesley R. Bishop
Section II: Weights and Measures
3. "All young things are fat if they are in health": The Shift from
Qualitative to Quantitative Assessments of Infant Weight in the
Nineteenth-Century United States
V. Lynn Kennedy
4. Physical Culture and the Denial of Fat in fin de siècle America
Conor Heffernan
5. Prison Bodies: The Height and Weight of Men in Canadian Prisons,
1874-1935
L. Antonie, K. Inwood, and H. Maxwell-Stewart
Section III: Cultural Representations and Constructions
6. Visual and Material Cultures of the Fat Body, 1780-1840: Representation,
Commodification, and Display
Freya Gowrley
7. The Fat Body and Colonial Symbolism: Imperialism, Appetite, and Hunger
in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
Tatiana Konrad
8. Visualizing the Body: The Mbopo Ritual and the Politics of Fatness in
Southern Nigeria in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Nsima Udo
Section IV: Imperialism, Colonialism, and the Body Politic
9. Colonial Engorgement in the Pictorial Arts: "Fat" Uncle Sam in the
Imperialist Debates, 1898-1902
Bonnie M. Miller
10. Gaining in Flesh: Canadian Soldiers in the War in South Africa
Amy J. Shaw
Conclusion
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
Introduction
Section I: Epistemologies and Philosophies
1. The Enfleshment of Difference: Medicalizing and Gendering the Fat Body
in the Nineteenth Century
Kristen A. Hardy
2. To Measure Skulls, to Measure Waists: The Nineteenth-Century Origins of
Modern Health Standards
Bessie Rigakos and Wesley R. Bishop
Section II: Weights and Measures
3. "All young things are fat if they are in health": The Shift from
Qualitative to Quantitative Assessments of Infant Weight in the
Nineteenth-Century United States
V. Lynn Kennedy
4. Physical Culture and the Denial of Fat in fin de siècle America
Conor Heffernan
5. Prison Bodies: The Height and Weight of Men in Canadian Prisons,
1874-1935
L. Antonie, K. Inwood, and H. Maxwell-Stewart
Section III: Cultural Representations and Constructions
6. Visual and Material Cultures of the Fat Body, 1780-1840: Representation,
Commodification, and Display
Freya Gowrley
7. The Fat Body and Colonial Symbolism: Imperialism, Appetite, and Hunger
in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
Tatiana Konrad
8. Visualizing the Body: The Mbopo Ritual and the Politics of Fatness in
Southern Nigeria in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Nsima Udo
Section IV: Imperialism, Colonialism, and the Body Politic
9. Colonial Engorgement in the Pictorial Arts: "Fat" Uncle Sam in the
Imperialist Debates, 1898-1902
Bonnie M. Miller
10. Gaining in Flesh: Canadian Soldiers in the War in South Africa
Amy J. Shaw
Conclusion
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
Section I: Epistemologies and Philosophies
1. The Enfleshment of Difference: Medicalizing and Gendering the Fat Body
in the Nineteenth Century
Kristen A. Hardy
2. To Measure Skulls, to Measure Waists: The Nineteenth-Century Origins of
Modern Health Standards
Bessie Rigakos and Wesley R. Bishop
Section II: Weights and Measures
3. "All young things are fat if they are in health": The Shift from
Qualitative to Quantitative Assessments of Infant Weight in the
Nineteenth-Century United States
V. Lynn Kennedy
4. Physical Culture and the Denial of Fat in fin de siècle America
Conor Heffernan
5. Prison Bodies: The Height and Weight of Men in Canadian Prisons,
1874-1935
L. Antonie, K. Inwood, and H. Maxwell-Stewart
Section III: Cultural Representations and Constructions
6. Visual and Material Cultures of the Fat Body, 1780-1840: Representation,
Commodification, and Display
Freya Gowrley
7. The Fat Body and Colonial Symbolism: Imperialism, Appetite, and Hunger
in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
Tatiana Konrad
8. Visualizing the Body: The Mbopo Ritual and the Politics of Fatness in
Southern Nigeria in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Nsima Udo
Section IV: Imperialism, Colonialism, and the Body Politic
9. Colonial Engorgement in the Pictorial Arts: "Fat" Uncle Sam in the
Imperialist Debates, 1898-1902
Bonnie M. Miller
10. Gaining in Flesh: Canadian Soldiers in the War in South Africa
Amy J. Shaw
Conclusion
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
Introduction
Section I: Epistemologies and Philosophies
1. The Enfleshment of Difference: Medicalizing and Gendering the Fat Body
in the Nineteenth Century
Kristen A. Hardy
2. To Measure Skulls, to Measure Waists: The Nineteenth-Century Origins of
Modern Health Standards
Bessie Rigakos and Wesley R. Bishop
Section II: Weights and Measures
3. "All young things are fat if they are in health": The Shift from
Qualitative to Quantitative Assessments of Infant Weight in the
Nineteenth-Century United States
V. Lynn Kennedy
4. Physical Culture and the Denial of Fat in fin de siècle America
Conor Heffernan
5. Prison Bodies: The Height and Weight of Men in Canadian Prisons,
1874-1935
L. Antonie, K. Inwood, and H. Maxwell-Stewart
Section III: Cultural Representations and Constructions
6. Visual and Material Cultures of the Fat Body, 1780-1840: Representation,
Commodification, and Display
Freya Gowrley
7. The Fat Body and Colonial Symbolism: Imperialism, Appetite, and Hunger
in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
Tatiana Konrad
8. Visualizing the Body: The Mbopo Ritual and the Politics of Fatness in
Southern Nigeria in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Nsima Udo
Section IV: Imperialism, Colonialism, and the Body Politic
9. Colonial Engorgement in the Pictorial Arts: "Fat" Uncle Sam in the
Imperialist Debates, 1898-1902
Bonnie M. Miller
10. Gaining in Flesh: Canadian Soldiers in the War in South Africa
Amy J. Shaw
Conclusion
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index