{"product_id":"diet-and-the-disease-of-civilization-paperback-softback-9780813589640","title":"Diet and the Disease of Civilization (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813589640","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDiet and the Disease of Civilization\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAdrienne Rose Bitar (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813589640\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 January 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e244 pages, 10 black and white photos, 5 color photos\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.354 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Bitar’s fascinating thesis is that diet books are ways to understand contemporary social and political movements. Whether or not you agree with her provocative arguments, they are well worth reading.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Marion Nestle (professor emerita, New York University, author of Food Politics) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDiet and the Disease of Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely and beautifully executed piece of work, providing a distinctly new perspective on the histories of food, the politics of fitness, and the development of popular self-help guides.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Benjamin Reiss (author of Wild Nights: How Taming Sleep Created our Restless World) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Adrienne Rose Bitar lets you see contemporary American diet books as a continuation of the oldest, eighteenth-century American story: self-improvement as saving the world, and not vice-versa. She reads them as manifestos of a nineteenth-century American story, of America-of what was once called 'Americanitis'-as a disease: 'Modern life makes Americans sick.'  Diet books are fictions, Bitar insists throughout, and not altogether negatively: many read them for the same reason we read novels. Which makes you wonder: if diet books were listed on the best-seller charts as fiction, would they drive out all the novels, or stop selling?\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Greil Marcus \u003cdiv\u003e\"Instead of evaluating diets by their ability to promote weight loss, Bitar reads them as powerful stories. She discovered that these seemingly mundane diet books reinvent history, measuring the success or failure of civilization by the health of body and body politic.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Cornell Chronicle) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/mediarelations.cornell.edu\/2018\/01\/02\/starting-a-new-year-diet-cornell-historian-explores-american-history-through-diet-books\/\"'\u003e\"Starting a New Year diet? Cornell historian explores American history through diet books\"\u003c\/a\u003e by Jeff Tyson\u003c\/div\u003e (Cornell University Media Relations Office) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/page99test.blogspot.com\/2018\/01\/adrienne-rose-bitars-diet-and-disease.html\"'\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDiet and the Disease of Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e on The Page 99 Test\"\u003c\/a\u003e by Marshal Zeringue\u003c\/div\u003e (The Page 99 Test) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/americareads.blogspot.com\/2018\/01\/pg-99-adrienne-rose-bitars-diet-and.html\"'\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiet and the Disease of Civilization \u003c\/i\u003eon Campaign for the American Reader\u003c\/a\u003e\" by Marshal Zeringue\u003c\/div\u003e (Campaign for the American Reader) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/the360mag.com\/diet-and-the-disease-of-civilization\/\"'\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiet and the Disease of Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e spotlight on 360 Magazine Online\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (360 Magazine) \u003cdiv\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eDiet and the Disease of Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e] argues that mythologies of the 'Fall of Man' underlie the Paleo Diet and three other regimes popular in the United States.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Chronicle) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.quickanddirtytips.com\/house-home\/food\/why-do-humans-diet\"'\u003eWhy Do Humans Diet? Cultural critic Adrienne Rose Bitar reveals how four popular diets tell us an awful lot about our anxieties and fears, even beyond health.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Clever Cookstr) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Business for Breakfast,\" Money Radio interview with Adrienne Rose Bitar\u003c\/div\u003e (Business for Breakfast - Money Radio) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/money-and-power\/a19702512\/rich-women-diets\/\"'\u003e\"?An Unofficial History of Rich Women and Their Diets\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Town \u0026amp; Country) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/blog.castac.org\/2018\/04\/diet-civilization\/\"'\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiet and the Disease of Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e: An Interview with Adrienne Rose Bitar by David Gerstle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Platypus Blog) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/newbooksnetwork.com\/adrienne-rose-bitar-diet-and-the-disease-of-civilization-rutgers-up-2018\/\"'\u003e\"New Books Network Podcast\" interview with Adrienne Rose Bitar\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (New Books Network) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2018\/07\/19\/opinion-for-child-labor-laws-its-time-to-grow-up\/\"'\u003e\"Opinion: It’s past time for migrant children labor laws to grow up\" by Adrienne Rose Bitar\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (San Jose Mercury News) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A multitude of controversial issues will encourage questions for discussion and analysis. This text is an appropriate addition to inquiry-type courses in food studies, the sociocultural aspects of food, and women’s studies. Complex language and ideas make this work best suited for advanced students. Recommended.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Bitar’s very well-researched and intriguing analysis is worth the read, perhaps to those more interested in American studies than in utopian studies. For those whose interests overlap in the two areas, \u003ci\u003eDiet and the Disease of Civilizatio\u003c\/i\u003en is ideal.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Utopian Studies Review) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/nursingclio.org\/2018\/07\/31\/diet-books-as-utopian-manifestos-a-conversation-with-adrienne-rose-bitar\/\"'\u003e\"Diet Books as Utopian Manifestos: A Conversation with Adrienne Rose Bitar\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Nursing Clio) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.foodreaders.com\/copy-of-current-featured-author\"'\u003e\"The Food Readers Organization 'Featured Author' Adrienne Rose Bitar\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Food Readers) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/08\/28\/the-stories-behind-historys-dumbest-diets\/\"'\u003e\"The stories behind history's dumbest diets\" by Raquel Laneri\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (New York Post) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/fake-meat-the-future-of-food_2676044.html\"'\u003e\"Fake Meat: the Future of Food?\" by Conan Milner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Epoch Times) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Bitar looks at the ways the multi-billion dollar diet book industry not only delivers dieting advice, but also tells readers how they should live. Through historical and literary analysis, Bitar examines four diets that, in their language, tell a story beyond food. Instead, \u003ci\u003eDiet and the Disease of Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e points out that dieting systems portray anxieties about modernity and American culture, showing readers how diets can cure a national disease: civilization.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (EcoWatch) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/fda-labeling-on-lab-grown-meat\/\"'\u003e\"The Government's Role in the Rise of Lab-Grown Meat,\" by Adrienne Rose Bitar\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Wired) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/stanfordmag.org\/contents\/gift-guide-for-book-lovers\"'\u003e\"Gift Guide for Book Lovers\" by the editors of Stanfordmag.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Stanford Magazine) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/news\/article\/Diets-can-do-more-than-help-you-lose-weight-13681417.php\"'\u003e\"Diets can do more than help you lose weight – they could also save the planet,\" by Adrienne Rose Bitar\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (San Francisco Chronicle) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/juliabolayanju\/2019\/04\/18\/important-steps-to-shaping-a-healthier-future-of-food\/#5c5091c555a9\"'\u003e\"Important Steps To Shaping A Healthier Future Of Food,\" by Julia B. Olayanju\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Forbes.com) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/weirdest-fad-diets-history_l_5cb5ec51e4b082aab08cdcc1?2z\"'\u003e\"America's Weirdest Historical Fad Diets,\" by Jen Rose Smith\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Huff Post) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDiet and the Disease of Civilization \u003c\/i\u003eis an important first foray into a critical analysis of contemporary diets that takes a cultural studies and literary criticism approach. I commend Bitar for bringing a new lens to this material and agree that these texts, and their corresponding subcultures, offer rich fodder for further study.\" \u003c\/div\u003e (H-Net) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eA historical survey of American diet books has been waiting to happen, and Adrienne Rose Bitar has carried out this project with great success. She finds these books to be in dialogue with American culture and that, no matter which diet book you open, the theme is about civilization in decline.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of Interdisciplinary History.) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/radiomd.com\/show\/her\/item\/40205-the-truth-found-in-diet-books\"'\u003e\"The Truth Found in Diet Books\" podcast interview with Adrienne Rose Bitar\u003cbr\u003e http:\/\/radiomd.com\/show\/her\/item\/40205-the-truth-found-in-diet-books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Her podcast) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.menshealth.com\/nutrition\/a29192545\/intermittent-fasting-beginners-guide\/\"'\u003e\"What to Know Before Starting Intermittent Fasting,\" by Michael Easter\u003cbr\u003e https:\/\/www.menshealth.com\/nutrition\/a29192545\/intermittent-fasting-beginners-guide\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Men's Health) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/12\/10\/how-instagram-brought-nightmare-retro-food-back-to-life\/\"'\u003e\"How Instagram brought nightmare retro food back to life\" by Raquel Laneri\u003cbr\u003e https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/12\/10\/how-instagram-brought-nightmare-retro-food-back-to-life\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (New York Post) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/time.com\/5738997\/vegeterian-thanksgiving-turkey-history\/\"'\u003e\"The Turkey Has Been the Subject of Thanksgiving-Day Arguments for Longer Than You Probably Think,\" by Adrienne Bitar\u003cbr\u003e https:\/\/time.com\/5738997\/vegeterian-thanksgiving-turkey-history\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Time) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Bitar creates a compelling argument about the connections between diets and national identity....[A]rtful and captivating, and they provide important lessons for the reader.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Digest: A Journal of Foodways and Culture) \u003cdiv\u003e\"MEATHEADS: How red meat became the red pill for the right\" by Eamon Whelan\u003c\/div\u003e (The Nation) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.menshealth.com\/nutrition\/a35103720\/saturated-fat-good-or-bad\/\"'\u003e\"Inside the Knockdown, Drag-Out War on Saturated Fat,\" by Michael Easter\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Men's Health) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/anxiousbench\/2021\/03\/for-god-so-loved-the-world-he-gave-us-sundried-tomatoes\/\"'\u003e\"For God So Loved the World He Gave Us Sundried Tomatoes,\" by Agnes Howard\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Patheos) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/health\/what-are-toxins\/\"'\u003e\"What Is A Toxin?\" by Erin Blakemore\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Popular Science) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Bitar’s fascinating thesis is that diet books are ways to understand contemporary social and political movements. Whether or not you agree with her provocative arguments, they are well worth reading.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Marion Nestle (professor emerita, New York University, author of Food Politics) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDiet and the Disease of Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely and beautifully executed piece of work, providing a distinctly new perspective on the histories of food, the politics of fitness, and the development of popular self-help guides.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Benjamin Reiss (author of Wild Nights: How Taming Sleep Created our Restless World) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Adrienne Rose Bitar lets you see contemporary American diet books as a continuation of the oldest, eighteenth-century American story: self-improvement as saving the world, and not vice-versa. She reads them as manifestos of a nineteenth-century American story, of America-of what was once called 'Americanitis'-as a disease: 'Modern life makes Americans sick.'  Diet books are fictions, Bitar insists throughout, and not altogether negatively: many read them for the same reason we read novels. Which makes you wonder: if diet books were listed on the best-seller charts as fiction, would they drive out all the novels, or stop selling?\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Greil Marcus \u003cdiv\u003e\"Instead of evaluating diets by their ability to promote weight loss, Bitar reads them as powerful stories. She discovered that these seemingly mundane diet books reinvent history, measuring the success or failure of civilization by the health of body and body politic.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Cornell Chronicle) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/mediarelations.cornell.edu\/2018\/01\/02\/starting-a-new-year-diet-cornell-historian-explores-american-history-through-diet-books\/\"'\u003e\"Starting a New Year diet? Cornell historian explores American history through diet books\"\u003c\/a\u003e by Jeff Tyson\u003c\/div\u003e (Cornell University Media Relations Office) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/page99test.blogspot.com\/2018\/01\/adrienne-rose-bitars-diet-and-disease.html\"'\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDiet and the Disease of Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e on The Page 99 Test\"\u003c\/a\u003e by Marshal Zeringue\u003c\/div\u003e (The Page 99 Test) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/americareads.blogspot.com\/2018\/01\/pg-99-adrienne-rose-bitars-diet-and.html\"'\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiet and the Disease of Civilization \u003c\/i\u003eon Campaign for the American Reader\u003c\/a\u003e\" by Marshal Zeringue\u003c\/div\u003e (Campaign for the American Reader) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/the360mag.com\/diet-and-the-disease-of-civilization\/\"'\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiet and the Disease of Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e spotlight on 360 Magazine Online\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (360 Magazine) \u003cdiv\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eDiet and the Disease of Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e] argues that mythologies of the 'Fall of Man' underlie the Paleo Diet and three other regimes popular in the United States.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Chronicle) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.quickanddirtytips.com\/house-home\/food\/why-do-humans-diet\"'\u003eWhy Do Humans Diet? Cultural critic Adrienne Rose Bitar reveals how four popular diets tell us an awful lot about our anxieties and fears, even beyond health.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Clever Cookstr) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Business for Breakfast,\" Money Radio interview with Adrienne Rose Bitar\u003c\/div\u003e (Business for Breakfast - Money Radio) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/money-and-power\/a19702512\/rich-women-diets\/\"'\u003e\"An Unofficial History of Rich Women and Their Diets\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Town \u0026amp; Country) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/blog.castac.org\/2018\/04\/diet-civilization\/\"'\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiet and the Disease of Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e: An Interview with Adrienne Rose Bitar by David Gerstle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Platypus Blog) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/newbooksnetwork.com\/adrienne-rose-bitar-diet-and-the-disease-of-civilization-rutgers-up-2018\/\"'\u003e\"New Books Network Podcast\" interview with Adrienne Rose Bitar\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (New Books Network) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2018\/07\/19\/opinion-for-child-labor-laws-its-time-to-grow-up\/\"'\u003e\"Opinion: It’s past time for migrant children labor laws to grow up\" by Adrienne Rose Bitar\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (San Jose Mercury News) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A multitude of controversial issues will encourage questions for discussion and analysis. This text is an appropriate addition to inquiry-type courses in food studies, the sociocultural aspects of food, and women’s studies. Complex language and ideas make this work best suited for advanced students. Recommended.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Bitar’s very well-researched and intriguing analysis is worth the read, perhaps to those more interested in American studies than in utopian studies. For those whose interests overlap in the two areas, \u003ci\u003eDiet and the Disease of Civilizatio\u003c\/i\u003en is ideal.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Utopian Studies Review) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/nursingclio.org\/2018\/07\/31\/diet-books-as-utopian-manifestos-a-conversation-with-adrienne-rose-bitar\/\"'\u003e\"Diet Books as Utopian Manifestos: A Conversation with Adrienne Rose Bitar\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Nursing Clio) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.foodreaders.com\/copy-of-current-featured-author\"'\u003e\"The Food Readers Organization 'Featured Author' Adrienne Rose Bitar\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Food Readers) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/08\/28\/the-stories-behind-historys-dumbest-diets\/\"'\u003e\"The stories behind history's dumbest diets\" by Raquel Laneri\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (New York Post) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/fake-meat-the-future-of-food_2676044.html\"'\u003e\"Fake Meat: the Future of Food?\" by Conan Milner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Epoch Times) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Bitar looks at the ways the multi-billion dollar diet book industry not only delivers dieting advice, but also tells readers how they should live. Through historical and literary analysis, Bitar examines four diets that, in their language, tell a story beyond food. Instead, \u003ci\u003eDiet and the Disease of Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e points out that dieting systems portray anxieties about modernity and American culture, showing readers how diets can cure a national disease: civilization.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (EcoWatch) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/fda-labeling-on-lab-grown-meat\/\"'\u003e\"The Government's Role in the Rise of Lab-Grown Meat,\" by Adrienne Rose Bitar\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Wired) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/stanfordmag.org\/contents\/gift-guide-for-book-lovers\"'\u003e\"Gift Guide for Book Lovers\" by the editors of Stanfordmag.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Stanford Magazine) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/news\/article\/Diets-can-do-more-than-help-you-lose-weight-13681417.php\"'\u003e\"Diets can do more than help you lose weight – they could also save the planet,\" by Adrienne Rose Bitar\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (San Francisco Chronicle) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/juliabolayanju\/2019\/04\/18\/important-steps-to-shaping-a-healthier-future-of-food\/#5c5091c555a9\"'\u003e\"Important Steps To Shaping A Healthier Future Of Food,\" by Julia B. Olayanju\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Forbes.com) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/weirdest-fad-diets-history_l_5cb5ec51e4b082aab08cdcc1?2z\"'\u003e\"America's Weirdest Historical Fad Diets,\" by Jen Rose Smith\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Huff Post) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDiet and the Disease of Civilization \u003c\/i\u003eis an important first foray into a critical analysis of contemporary diets that takes a cultural studies and literary criticism approach. I commend Bitar for bringing a new lens to this material and agree that these texts, and their corresponding subcultures, offer rich fodder for further study.\" \u003c\/div\u003e (H-Net) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eA historical survey of American diet books has been waiting to happen, and Adrienne Rose Bitar has carried out this project with great success. She finds these books to be in dialogue with American culture and that, no matter which diet book you open, the theme is about civilization in decline.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of Interdisciplinary History.) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/radiomd.com\/show\/her\/item\/40205-the-truth-found-in-diet-books\"'\u003e\"The Truth Found in Diet Books\" podcast interview with Adrienne Rose Bitar\u003cbr\u003e http:\/\/radiomd.com\/show\/her\/item\/40205-the-truth-found-in-diet-books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Her podcast) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.menshealth.com\/nutrition\/a29192545\/intermittent-fasting-beginners-guide\/\"'\u003e\"What to Know Before Starting Intermittent Fasting,\" by Michael Easter\u003cbr\u003e https:\/\/www.menshealth.com\/nutrition\/a29192545\/intermittent-fasting-beginners-guide\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Men's Health) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/12\/10\/how-instagram-brought-nightmare-retro-food-back-to-life\/\"'\u003e\"How Instagram brought nightmare retro food back to life\" by Raquel Laneri\u003cbr\u003e https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/12\/10\/how-instagram-brought-nightmare-retro-food-back-to-life\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (New York Post) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/time.com\/5738997\/vegeterian-thanksgiving-turkey-history\/\"'\u003e\"The Turkey Has Been the Subject of Thanksgiving-Day Arguments for Longer Than You Probably Think,\" by Adrienne Bitar\u003cbr\u003e https:\/\/time.com\/5738997\/vegeterian-thanksgiving-turkey-history\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Time) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Bitar creates a compelling argument about the connections between diets and national identity....[A]rtful and captivating, and they provide important lessons for the reader.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Digest: A Journal of Foodways and Culture) \u003cdiv\u003e\"MEATHEADS: How red meat became the red pill for the right\" by Eamon Whelan\u003c\/div\u003e (The Nation) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.menshealth.com\/nutrition\/a35103720\/saturated-fat-good-or-bad\/\"'\u003e\"Inside the Knockdown, Drag-Out War on Saturated Fat,\" by Michael Easter\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Men's Health) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/anxiousbench\/2021\/03\/for-god-so-loved-the-world-he-gave-us-sundried-tomatoes\/\"'\u003e\"For God So Loved the World He Gave Us Sundried Tomatoes,\" by Agnes Howard\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Patheos) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/health\/what-are-toxins\/\"'\u003e\"What Is A Toxin?\" by Erin Blakemore\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Popular Science)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiet books contribute to a $60-billion industry as they speak to the 45 million Americans who diet every year. Yet these books don’t just tell readers what to eat: they offer complete philosophies about who Americans are and how we should live. \u003ci\u003eDiet and the Disease of Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e interrupts the predictable debate about eating right to ask a hard question: what if it’s not calories-but concepts-that should be counted?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCultural critic Adrienne Rose Bitar reveals how four popular diets retell the “Fall of Man” as the narrative backbone for our national consciousness. Intensifying the moral panic of the obesity epidemic, they depict civilization itself as a disease and offer diet as the one true cure. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBitar reads each diet-the Paleo Diet, the Garden of Eden Diet, the Pacific Island Diet, the detoxification or detox diet-as both myth and manual, a story with side effects shaping social movements, driving industry, and constructing fundamental ideas about sickness and health. \u003ci\u003eDiet and the Disease of Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e unearths the ways in which diet books are actually utopian manifestos not just for better bodies, but also for a healthier society and a more perfect world. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e Introduction 3\u003cbr\u003e 1 Paleolithic Diets and the Caveman Utopia 26\u003cbr\u003e 2 Devotional Diets and the American Eden 52\u003cbr\u003e 3 Primitive Diets and the “\u003cbr\u003eParadise Paradox”\u003cbr\u003e 85\u003cbr\u003e 4 Detoxification Diets and Concepts of a Toxic Modernity 119\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion 149\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments 162\u003cbr\u003e Notes 166\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 205\u003cbr\u003e Index 225 \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702369349912,"sku":"9780813589640","price":26.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/diet-and-the-disease-of-civilization-paperback-softback-9780813589640","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}