Word of mouth : food and fiction after Freud / Susanne Skubal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skubal, Susanne, 1949-

Series:

Literary criticism and cultural theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food in literature.

Literature, Modern--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern.

Physical Description:

ix, 168 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Food and fiction after Freud

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2002.

Summary:

An examination of the importance of oral experience as reflected in literature, "Word of Mouth" extends psychoanalytic theory as forwarded by Freud, Karl Abraham, Melanie Klein, and Julia Kristeva. The meaning of oral experience is explored with reference to several texts, looking at the oral bond between mother and child in Proust and questions of disordered eating, raised by aggressive orality, found in Conrad's "Heart of Darkness." Throughout, the author draws forth the myriad expressions relating the desires and dramas of the mouth, its pervasive pleasures and its dreads.

Contents:

Repast : mother, identity, and memory

Consuming culture : the linguistics of location

Lesser crimes : anorexia's plea

It goes without saying : oral aggression and its mutterings

Last suppers : final words.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-161) and index.

ISBN:

0415938503

OCLC:

49493471