The Resource Eating to excess : the meaning of gluttony and the fat body in the ancient world, Susan E. Hill, (electronic resource)
Eating to excess : the meaning of gluttony and the fat body in the ancient world, Susan E. Hill, (electronic resource)
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The item Eating to excess : the meaning of gluttony and the fat body in the ancient world, Susan E. Hill, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- This provocative book explores how ancient notions about the fat body and the glutton in western culture both challenge and confirm ideas about what it means to be overweight and gluttonous today
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 volume)
- Contents
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- Introduction: the glutton and the fat body in the ancient world
- All fat is the lord's
- Philosophizing excess in Plato and Aristotle
- Inside and out: medicine, health, and physiognomy in the ancient world
- Popular gluttons and fat bodies: the trickster Herakles, Petronius's Satyricon, and Anthenaeus's The learned banqueters
- Ingest the world, not the world: early Christian ideas of excess and self-restraint
- Gluttony becomes a deadly sin
- Isbn
- 9780313385070
- Label
- Eating to excess : the meaning of gluttony and the fat body in the ancient world
- Title
- Eating to excess
- Title remainder
- the meaning of gluttony and the fat body in the ancient world
- Statement of responsibility
- Susan E. Hill
- Subject
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- Civilization, Ancient
- Electronic books
- Excess (Philosophy)
- Excess (Philosophy)
- Food habits
- Food habits -- History
- Gluttony
- Gluttony -- History
- History
- History, Ancient
- History, Ancient
- Human body
- Human body -- History
- Obesity
- Obesity -- History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Customs & Traditions
- Civilization, Ancient
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This provocative book explores how ancient notions about the fat body and the glutton in western culture both challenge and confirm ideas about what it means to be overweight and gluttonous today
- Cataloging source
- CDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hill, Susan E
- Dewey number
- 394.1/2
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GT2850
- LC item number
- .H49 2011eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Praeger series on the ancient world
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Food habits
- Gluttony
- Human body
- Obesity
- Excess (Philosophy)
- Civilization, Ancient
- History, Ancient
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Civilization, Ancient
- Excess (Philosophy)
- Food habits
- Gluttony
- History, Ancient
- Human body
- Obesity
- Label
- Eating to excess : the meaning of gluttony and the fat body in the ancient world, Susan E. Hill, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: the glutton and the fat body in the ancient world -- All fat is the lord's -- Philosophizing excess in Plato and Aristotle -- Inside and out: medicine, health, and physiognomy in the ancient world -- Popular gluttons and fat bodies: the trickster Herakles, Petronius's Satyricon, and Anthenaeus's The learned banqueters -- Ingest the world, not the world: early Christian ideas of excess and self-restraint -- Gluttony becomes a deadly sin
- Control code
- ocn759006655
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 volume)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780313385070
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9786613255587
- Other physical details
- map.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
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- 325558
- 9C0E3558-95BD-4191-8B1C-D23C0564739D
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o759006655
- (OCoLC)759006655
- Label
- Eating to excess : the meaning of gluttony and the fat body in the ancient world, Susan E. Hill, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: the glutton and the fat body in the ancient world -- All fat is the lord's -- Philosophizing excess in Plato and Aristotle -- Inside and out: medicine, health, and physiognomy in the ancient world -- Popular gluttons and fat bodies: the trickster Herakles, Petronius's Satyricon, and Anthenaeus's The learned banqueters -- Ingest the world, not the world: early Christian ideas of excess and self-restraint -- Gluttony becomes a deadly sin
- Control code
- ocn759006655
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 volume)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780313385070
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9786613255587
- Other physical details
- map.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
-
- 325558
- 9C0E3558-95BD-4191-8B1C-D23C0564739D
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o759006655
- (OCoLC)759006655
Subject
- Civilization, Ancient
- Electronic books
- Excess (Philosophy)
- Excess (Philosophy)
- Food habits
- Food habits -- History
- Gluttony
- Gluttony -- History
- History
- History, Ancient
- History, Ancient
- Human body
- Human body -- History
- Obesity
- Obesity -- History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Customs & Traditions
- Civilization, Ancient
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