Zaftig: The Case for Curves

About this book

Zaftig is a Yiddish word meaning ripe or luscious and is commonly applied to curvaceous women. This book celebrates these women principally through its many reproductions of paintings and through quotations from those who argue for the attractiveness of zaftig women. The arguments for feminine substance are arranged the matically and include an attack on the cult of thinness a defense of zaftig as a natural state an exploration of eras such as the Victorian age in which abundance was preferred and an examination of subcultures in which heavy women rule as on the opera stage.