SahX:Fattening Up in Fourteenth-Century Cairo
Ibn al-Ḥāǧǧ and the Many meanings of Overeating
Marion Holmes Katz
"Over the past several decades, the problem of obesity has attracted overwhelming attention in the popular and scholarly press. Partially in reaction to the medical conceptualisation of healthy body weight as a biological universal, scholars have directed increasing attention to the historical and cultural specificity of the social meanings of fat. This article focuses on an account by the Mamluk-era scholar Ibn al-Ḥāǧǧ (d. 737/1336) of contemporary Egyptian women�s systematic cultivation of ample bodies, which has until now received little scholarly attention. Ibn al-Ḥāǧǧ�s discussion places the issue of intentional over-eating within several different interpretive frames, including religious law, erotic ideals and medicine.
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journals.openedition.org/anisl/3059[/quote]This is an interesting article. I thought it was rubbish at first, or like a title for a story but no. This is a legitimate study done by an NYU professor. Cool stuff man~ Thanks for sharing!
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