Fat and Blood - and How to Make Them (Paperback)

This volume presents one of Mitchell's touchstone texts of neurasthenia cultural critique as medical diagnosis. Fat and Blood was a best seller in its time and went through multiple printings and numerous editions. It fused the cultural critique of modern society and the inversion of gender roles with the medical analysis of this strange new ailment. Today we are likely to read it angrily, as it serves to enforce the most pernicious stereotypes about women (and not so incidentally, about men) stereotypes that have proved resilient obstacles to women's advancement. But Fat and Blood supports another reading, a bit more contemporary and certainly more engaged. There are constant arguments that resound across more than the century since they were written.

General

Imprint:	AltaMira Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Classics in Gender Studies
Release date:	September 2004
First published:	February 2004
Authors:	Weir S Mitchell
Contributors:	Michael Kimmel
Dimensions:	227 x 169 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	109
ISBN-13:	978-0-7591-0675-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7591-0675-4
Barcode:	9780759106758

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