'Weighty Celebrity': Corpulency, Monstrosity, and Freakery in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century England

Obesity seems to have become prevalent in English society in the eighteenth century, likely as a result of changes in the country's diet such as an increasing consumption of sugar. With the greater incidence of corpulence in the population came more fat individuals on England's lucrative show circui...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας:	Whitney Dirks
Μορφή:	Artigo
Γλώσσα:	Inglês
Έκδοση:	The Ohio State University Libraries 2019-08-01
Σειρά:	Disability Studies Quarterly
Θέματα:	corpulency obesity fat disability monstrosity freakery eighteenth century nineteenth century Britain England
Διαθέσιμο Online:	http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/6602
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