Fatness, Beauty and Sexuality Among a Saharan People
by
Rebecca Popenoe
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
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...