Fat (eBook, PDF)

Culture and Materiality
Redaktion: Forth, Christopher E.; Leitch, Alison

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

"Fat". In contemporary society the word never fails to elicit powerful emotions, especially as it relates to bodily health and appearance. But fat is a noun as well as an adjective and has a cultural life outside of its relationship with the human body. By focusing on the complex physical and experiential dimensions of this problematic substance, Fat: Culture and Materiality breaks new ground in the study of the relationship between culture and the material world.

With contributions from well-respected international scholars, this innovative and interdisciplinary collection will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in fat and its relationship to culture, materiality and lived experience. The volume addresses the role of fats in a variety of cultural settings. Topics include the politics of Palestinian olive oil; the allure of pig fat in heritage pork; the material sources of fat stereotypes in classical and biblical texts; the use of harvested fat in aesthetic surgery; and the status of fat in the self-narratives of anorexics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472520197
• Artikelnr.: 55711397

Autorenporträt

Christopher E. Forth is the Howard Professor of Humanities & Western Civilization and Professor of History at the University of Kansas, USA. Alison Leitch is a social anthropologist who teaches in the cultural sociology program at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Materializing FatChristopher E. Forth, University of Kansas, USA and Alison Leitch, Macquarie University, AustraliaThe Qualities of Palestinian Olive Oil Anne Meneley, Trent University, CanadaIn Tastes, Lost and Found: Remembering the Real Flavor of Fat PorkBrad Weiss, College of William & Mary, USAThinking through Fat: The Materiality of Ancient and Modern StereotypesChristopher E. Forth, University of Kansas, USA Joseph Beuys: Shaman of FatAlison Leitch, Macquarie University, AustraliaEngrossing Encounters: Materialities and Metaphors of Fat in the Lived Experiences of Individuals with AnorexiaAnna Lavis, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UKFat is the Future: Bioprospecting, Fat Stem Cells, and Emergent Breasted MaterialitiesNadine Ehlers, University of Wollongong, AustraliaBound Bodies: Navigating the Margins of Fat Bodies and ClothesTrudie Cain, Kerry Chamberlain and Ann Dupuis, both Massey University, New ZealandFatsploitation: Disgust and the Performance of Weight-lossJennifer-Scott Mobley, Marymount Manhattan College, USANotesReferencesIndex

Rezensionen

A welcome addition to fat appreciation, the contributions in this book highlight fat as a substance that slides, sizzles, glistens, oozes, lubricates, stains, melts, coats, congeals, and splats. The examples are compelling, the analysis is rich and the writing is entertaining. Upon reading this book, I had an insatiable urge to sip some cleansing olive oil tea and eat a barbequed pork chop. Don Kulick, University of Chicago, USA