{"product_id":"fat-and-the-body-in-the-long-nineteenth-century-meanings-measures-and-representations-hardback-9781487553395","title":"Fat and the Body in the Long Nineteenth Century; Meanings, Measures, and Representations (Hardback) 9781487553395","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFat and the Body in the Long Nineteenth Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMeanings, Measures, and Representations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAmy Shaw (Edited by), Lynn Kennedy (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487553395\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 December 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 2.3 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the body was a key focus of discourse. \u003cem\u003eFat and the Body in the Long Nineteenth Century\u003c\/em\u003e animates discussion and analyses of fatness, highlighting how corporeal expectations fit into larger social systems and showing how interpretations have shifted over time. This collection examines a host of primary sources – including literature, art, medical treatises, journalism, political cartoons, soldiers\u0026amp;#x2019; letters home, and popular fiction – to identify trends in how fat was perceived and promoted in the English-speaking world over the long nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDivided into four thematic sections, the book addresses epistemologies, artistic and literary representations, the turn towards quantification and measurement, and the connections to imperialism and colonialism. It explores the complex debate about the meaning of fat and its signalling of health, beauty, moral strength, and class status. The book shows how contemporary presentations and discussions of fat offer insights into ideals of gender and race and the processes of imperialism and of professionalization in the social sciences and medicine. By tracing how debates shifted over time, the book ultimately reveals that there was no universal interpretation of fat as a positive or negative characteristic throughout the nineteenth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures and Tables\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection I: Epistemologies and Philosophies\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1. The Enfleshment of Difference: Medicalizing and Gendering the Fat Body in the Nineteenth Century \u003cbr\u003eKristen A. Hardy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. To Measure Skulls, to Measure Waists: The Nineteenth-Century Origins of Modern Health Standards\u003cbr\u003eBessie Rigakos and Wesley R. Bishop\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection II: Weights and Measures \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. \"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\u003cbr\u003eV. Lynn Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e4. Physical Culture and the Denial of Fat in fin de siècle America\u003cbr\u003eConor Heffernan \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Prison Bodies: The Height and Weight of Men in Canadian Prisons, 1874–1935\u003cbr\u003eL. Antonie, K. Inwood, and H. Maxwell-Stewart \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection III: Cultural Representations and Constructions \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Visual and Material Cultures of the Fat Body, 1780–1840: Representation, Commodification, and Display\u003cbr\u003eFreya Gowrley\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Fat Body and Colonial Symbolism: Imperialism, Appetite, and Hunger in Joseph Conrad\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003cem\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eTatiana Konrad\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Visualizing the Body: The Mbopo Ritual and the Politics of Fatness in Southern Nigeria in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries\u003cbr\u003eNsima Udo\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection IV: Imperialism, Colonialism, and the Body Politic \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Colonial Engorgement in the Pictorial Arts: \"Fat\" Uncle Sam in the Imperialist Debates, 1898–1902\u003cbr\u003eBonnie M. Miller \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Gaining in Flesh: Canadian Soldiers in the War in South Africa\u003cbr\u003eAmy J. Shaw\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676760928536,"sku":"9781487553395","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fat-and-the-body-in-the-long-nineteenth-century-meanings-measures-and-representations-hardback-9781487553395","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}