Feeding Desire: Fatness, Beauty and Sexuality Among a Saharan People
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While the Western world adheres to a beauty ideal that says women can never be too thin, the semi-nomadic Moors of the Sahara desert have for centuries cherished a feminine ideal of extreme fatness. Voluptuous immobility is thought to beautify girls' bodies, hasten the onset of puberty, heighten their sexuality and ripen them for marriage. From the time of the loss of their first milk teeth, girls are directed to eat huge bowls of milk and porridge...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0415280966
ISBN13:9780415280969
Release Date:October 2003
Publisher:Routledge
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.92 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"
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