Hunger: An Unnatural HistoryBasic Books, 2008 M08 1 - 272 páginas Every day, we wake up hungry. Every day, we break our fast. Hunger explores the range of this primal experience. Sharman Apt Russell, the highly acclaimed author of Anatomy of a Rose and An Obsession with Butterflies, here takes us on a tour of hunger, from eighteen hours without food to thirty-six hours to seven days and beyond. What Russell finds-both in our bodies and in cultures around the world-is extraordinary. It is a biological process that transcends nature to shape the very of fabric of societies. In a fascinating survey of centuries of thought on hunger's unique power, she discovers an ability to adapt to it that is nothing short of miraculous. From the fasting saints of the early Christian church to activists like Mahatma Gandhi, generations have used hunger to make spiritual and political statements. Russell highlights these remarkable cases where hunger can inspire and even heal, but she also addresses the devastating impact of starvation on cultures around the world today. Written with consummate skill, a compassionate heart, and stocked with facts, figures, and fascinating lore, Hunger is an inspiring window on history and the human spirit. |
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... body to the spiritual, therapeutic and political motivations for fasting. . . . While the subject is often somber, the presentation is one of verve and style— and the endofbook notes provide a useful guide for readers whose interest has ...
... body to the spiritual, therapeutic and political motivations for fasting. . . . While the subject is often somber, the presentation is one of verve and style— and the endofbook notes provide a useful guide for readers whose interest has ...
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... body does not tell her when to stop eating. That signal is complexly influenced by genetics, chemistry, and culture. For many of us, it has become blurred. Our body doesn't give us the news or doesn't give it with enough emphasis. The ...
... body does not tell her when to stop eating. That signal is complexly influenced by genetics, chemistry, and culture. For many of us, it has become blurred. Our body doesn't give us the news or doesn't give it with enough emphasis. The ...
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... body, furnished almost to the bursting point with all it needed, carried freedom around with it too.” Now the audience crowds around the panther's cage and “the joy of life streamed with such ardent passion from his throat that for the ...
... body, furnished almost to the bursting point with all it needed, carried freedom around with it too.” Now the audience crowds around the panther's cage and “the joy of life streamed with such ardent passion from his throat that for the ...
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... body forced to cannibalize itself. Death is a major theme in our own life, too, the conclusion we are sliding toward. Death is the real story. For a time in my life, I became something of a hunger artist, collecting news clippings about ...
... body forced to cannibalize itself. Death is a major theme in our own life, too, the conclusion we are sliding toward. Death is the real story. For a time in my life, I became something of a hunger artist, collecting news clippings about ...
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