The silhouette, outlining the profile and contours of the human body, is laden with meanings. Instantly recognizable, it can convey physical health and well-being as well as indicate taste, class, bea
One of the world's top historians of the body, Georges Vigarello maps the evolution of Western ideas about fat and fat people from the Middle Ages to today, paying particular attention to the role o
Georges Vigarello maps the evolution of Western ideas about fat and fat people from the Middle Ages to the present, paying particular attention to the role of science, fashion, fitness crazes, and pub
How has the meaning of manhood changed over time? A History of Virility proposes a series of answers to this question by describing a trajectory that begins with ancient conceptions of male domination
In these original essays, an international group of scholars, including Claude Thomasset, Jean-Paul Bertaud, and Andre Rauch, follow the socio-historical evolution of virility, as opposed to masculini
