Appetites : Food and Sex in Postsocialist China

Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1(36) PART I. EATING: A POLITICS OF THE SENSES Preamble to Part I 37(10) Lei Feng, Tireless Servant of the People Medicinal Meals 47(32) A Feast for the Mind 79(42) Excess and Deficiency 121(54) PART II. DESIRING: AN ETHICS OF EMBODIMENT Preamble to Part II 167(8) Du Wanxiang, The Rosy Glow of the Good Communist Writing the Self: The Romance of the Personal 175(36) Sexual Science: The Representation of Behavior 211(32) Ars Erotica 243(42) Conclusion 285(8) Hailing Historical Bodies Notes 293(30) References 323(14) Index 337