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Zaftig: The Case For Curves
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.

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