Thinness and slimness in ancient societies. Greece, the Orient, Rome.
Ausonius| N° d'inventaire | 23239 |
| Format | 17 x 23.5 |
| Détails | 405 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Bordeaux, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782356133434 |
Studies on the body and its representations in Antiquity have developed considerably over the past thirty years in the Anglo-Saxon world as well as in France. However, thinness and slenderness have been studied very little in themselves, but mostly in relation to obesity and overweight, very often associated with luxury and abundance among the elite. This work, resulting from a multidisciplinary international conference, proposes to specifically address thinness and slenderness in Antiquity (from the 3rd millennium BC to the fall of the Roman Empire). Bringing together the contributions of more than twenty researchers, both French and foreign, this book seeks, for the first time, to define these two notions over a long period of time and in very different geographical and cultural contexts - Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Near East, the Greek and Roman worlds -, using complementary approaches (historical, iconographic, medical, philosophical, literary, anthropological, aesthetic and theological). At a time when questions surrounding food and eating behaviors are a growing concern in our contemporary societies, such research, without claiming to be exhaustive, offers a renewed vision of aesthetic conceptions, social statuses or even relationships with food in Antiquity. They also open the way to a critical reflection on the origins and issues of the diktat of thinness which currently weighs on Western societies. Collection Scripta antiqua (132)
Studies on the body and its representations in Antiquity have developed considerably over the past thirty years in the Anglo-Saxon world as well as in France. However, thinness and slenderness have been studied very little in themselves, but mostly in relation to obesity and overweight, very often associated with luxury and abundance among the elite. This work, resulting from a multidisciplinary international conference, proposes to specifically address thinness and slenderness in Antiquity (from the 3rd millennium BC to the fall of the Roman Empire). Bringing together the contributions of more than twenty researchers, both French and foreign, this book seeks, for the first time, to define these two notions over a long period of time and in very different geographical and cultural contexts - Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Near East, the Greek and Roman worlds -, using complementary approaches (historical, iconographic, medical, philosophical, literary, anthropological, aesthetic and theological). At a time when questions surrounding food and eating behaviors are a growing concern in our contemporary societies, such research, without claiming to be exhaustive, offers a renewed vision of aesthetic conceptions, social statuses or even relationships with food in Antiquity. They also open the way to a critical reflection on the origins and issues of the diktat of thinness which currently weighs on Western societies. Collection Scripta antiqua (132)