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Title:
Eating right in America : the cultural politics of food and health
Author:
Biltekoff, Charlotte, 1970-
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Publication Information:
Durham : Duke University Press, 2013.
Physical Description:
208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
The cultural politics of dietary health -- Scientific moralization and the beginning of modern dietary reform -- Anxiety and aspiration on the nutrition front -- From microscopes to "macroscopes" -- Thinness as health, self-control, and citizenship -- Connecting the dots : dietary reform past, present, and future.
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ISBN:
9780822355441

9780822355595
Format :
Book