Fat

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.

• 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

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.