In Tastes, Lost and Found: Remembering the Real Flavor of Fat Pork

Authors

Brad Weiss, College of William and MaryFollow

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Document Type

Book Chapter

Department/Program

Anthropology

Publication Date

4-10-2014

Book Title

Fat: Culture and Materiality

Publisher

Bloomsbury

Editor

Christopher E. Forth, Alison Leitch

First Page

33

Last Page

51

Abstract

"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.

ISBN

978-0857855091

Recommended Citation

Weiss, B. (2014). In Tastes, Lost and Found: Remembering the Real Flavor of Fat Pork. Christopher E. Forth, Alison Leitch (Ed.), Fat: Culture and Materiality (pp. 33-51). Bloomsbury. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/asbookchapters/65