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Gluttony: The Seven Deadly Sins (New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: OUP USA (2003-11-06)
ISBN: 0195156994
EAN: 9780195156997
Dewy Decimal #: 178
Hardcover: 128 pages
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But is it a Sin?
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Date: 2004-01-18
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Francine Prose examines gluttony as one of the seven deadly sins, and discovers that we may need to update that list. Gluttony is no longer a sin in our society, but obesity is. We don't scorn a thin person who eats a lot, in fact, we envy her. (Oops, another deadly sin rears its ugly head.)Prose looks at the history of gluttony, in the church, in paintings and murals (check out Diego Rivera's Capitalist Dinner), and in popular culture. She uses literature, philosophy, and overheard conversations and jokes to make her points. For such a thin book (108 pages with color photos and index), there is an awful lot to chew on here.
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