Diet and the Disease of Civilization |
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Author:
| Bitar, Adrienne Rose |
ISBN: | 978-0-8135-8965-7 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2018 |
Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $120.00USD $150.00 |
Book Description:
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Diet books have been some of the bestselling books of the 20th century and, upon close reading, reveal new philosophies depicting civilization itself as a disease and diet as the cure. Bitar shows how diet books serve as utopian manifestos for a better body, a healthier society, and a more perfect world.
Diet books have been some of the bestselling books of the 20th century and, upon close reading, reveal new philosophies depicting civilization itself as a disease and diet as the cure. Bitar shows how diet books serve as utopian manifestos for a better body, a healthier society, and a more perfect world.