Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Eating: a politics of the senses
6. Preamble to Part I, Lei Feng, Tireless Servant of the People 37
7. 1. Medicinal Meals 47
8. 2. A Feast for the Mind 79
9. 3. Excess and Deficiency 121
10. Part II. Desiring: an ethics of embodiment
11. Preamble to Part II, Du Wanxiang, The Rosy Glow of the Good Communist 167
12. 4. Writing the Self: The Romance of the Personal 175
13. 5. Sexual Science: The Representation of Behavior 211
14. 6. Ars Erotica 243
15. Conclusion, Hailing Historical Bodies 285
16. Notes 293
17. References 323
18. Index 337