Author:
Hill, Susan E.
Imprint:Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2011.
Descriptionxiv, 178 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Note: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 word, not the world: early Christian ideas of excess and self-restraint -- Gluttony becomes a deadly sin.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"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"--Provided by publisher.
Note:"This book is about Eating to Excess - The Meaning of Gluttony and the Fat Body in the Ancient World"--Provided by publisher.
