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Blubberland : the dangers of happiness
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Blubberland : the dangers of happiness

Author: E M Farrelly
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A leading critic examines the connections between obesity and architecture, unchecked sprawl and unchecked appetites, and other forms of insatiability that are hurting our planet and bodies.

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: E M Farrelly
ISBN: 9780262562362 0262562367
OCLC Number: 297504399
Notes: Publié à l'origine: Sydney, NSW, Australia : University of New South Wales Press, c2008.
Description: 219 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Desire body : wanting it, all, now --
Beauty and the struggle for power over death --
Against beauty : the search for honesty through ugliness --
House as mask : only connect --
Fat and the family home --
Nature and culture --
Feminism and future-eating --
Why so ugly? Archiphobia and the politics of Blubberland --
I have a dream.
Responsibility: Elizabeth Farrelly.

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