Feeding desire: fatness, beauty and sexuality among a saharan people
Auteur :
Popenoe, Rebecca
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780415280952
Date de publication :
29 oct. 2003
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
630 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
While in the West it is said that women can never be too thin, semi-nomadic Arabs in Niger cherish a feminine ideal of extreme fatness. Feeding Desire analyses this beauty ideal in the context of Islam, conceptions of health, and notions of desire