https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Obesity-From-Glory-to-Disgrace https://booksandideas.net/Obesity-From-Glory-to-Disgrace 2010-12-20T08:05:00Z text/html en Thibaut de Saint Pol History body <span class="caps">FMSH</span> obesity <p>From medieval disapproval of gluttony to the modern obsession with fatness, corpulence has always provoked criticism whilst also remaining in line with logics of social distinction. Georges Vigarello's history of ‘fat' adds some weight to previous research into the history of beauty and the body.</p>