The Distant Origins of “Fat Shaming” or why the People of Antiquity did not Ridicule Fat Women
The phenomenon of “fat shaming” (in particular with its aspect of the especially harsh criticism of the corpulence in young adult women) seems nearly non-existent in the ancient Classical literature. The extant satirical depictions of fatness are uncommon and aimed, almost exclusively, at overweight...
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Lodz University Press
2022-12-01
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| Series: | Studia Ceranea |
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| Online Access: | https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/sceranea/article/view/15864 |