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georges vigarello
The MeTaMorphoses of
Fat
European Perspectives
e urop ean p e rspec T iv es
a series in social Thought and cultural criticism
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The MeTaMorphoses of
A History of Obesity
Fat
Georges Vigarello
Translated from the French by C. Jon Delogu
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Copyright © 2013 Columbia University Press
Georges Vigarello,
Les metamorphoses du gras: histoire de l’obésité
(Paris: Seuil, 2010)
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Vigarello, Georges.
[Métamorphoses du gras. English]
The metamorphoses of fat: a history of obesity / Georges Vigarello;
translated from the French by C. Jon Delogu.
pages cm.—(European perspectives: a series in social thought and cultural criticism)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-0-231-978-15976-0 (cloth: alk. paper); isbn 978-0-231-53530-4 (e-book)
1. Obesity—Social aspects—History. I. Title.
RC628.V5413
362.1963'98—dc23
2013
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