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Discusses the fat man as a cultural icon, a social enigma and as a pressing medical issue

Table of Contents

PrefaceIntroduction: Fat Is a Man's Issue1. Fat Boys in the Cultural History of the West2. Fat Boys Writing and Writing Fat Boys3. Patient Zero: Falstaff4. How Fat Detectives Think (And Fat Villains Act)5. Fat Ballplayers and the Bodies of Fat MenConclusion: Cutting into the Future of Fat BoysNotes Index

About the Author

Sander L. Gilman is Distinguished Professor of the Liberal Arts and Sciences at Emory University and is the author of numerous books, including Jewish Frontiers: Essays on Bodies, Histories, and Identities; Smart Jews: The Construction of the Image of Jewish Superior Intelligence (Nebraska 1996); and Fat: A Cultural History of Obesity.

Reviews

"Gilman opens a valuable conversation about the cultural history of obesity that examines how we have come to understand--and misunderstand--the condition." New York Times Book Review " ... forcefully written and very well timed."--Elaine Showalter, Times Literary Supplement, September 10 2004