Author: ST Paige, Edward
Hardback; Book; Paintings
Published: November 1999
Blue Lantern Studio
ISBN: 1883211174

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, andthrough quotations from those who argue for the attractiveness of zaftig women.The arguments for feminine substance are arranged thematically, 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.