| #302633 in Books | R Popenoe | 2003-11-13 | 2003-10-29 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.22 x.57 x6.14l,.89 | File type: PDF | 256 pages | Feeding Desire Fatness and Beauty in the Sahara||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Two thumbs up!|By Monica|I had to read this book for an Anthropology class, and I sincerely enjoyed it. I'm really glad actually purchased it, because I will likely read it again in the future (even though I am no longer an Anthropology major!). This profile of this culture is absolutely fascinating, and I highly recommend it to anyone curious about how beauty and sexuality sta
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 in one of the world's...
You easily download any file type for your device.Feeding Desire: Fatness, Beauty and Sexuality Among a Saharan People | Rebecca Popenoe. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
