Gourmands & gluttons : the rhetoric of food excess / Carlnita P. Greene.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greene, Carlnita P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food in popular culture--United States.

Food in popular culture.

Television cooking shows--Social aspects--United States.

Television cooking shows.

Food--Social aspects--United States--History.

Food.

Food habits--Social aspects--United States.

Food habits.

Excess (Philosophy).

Food habits--Social aspects.

Food--Social aspects.

History.

Social aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 156 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Gourmands and gluttons

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., [2015]

Summary:

"From supersizing it to hoarding, we are living in an age of excess. Whether it is cars or housing, American culture is being driven by the old adage that bigger is better. Yet, although we often overlook it, nowhere is this rhetoric of excess more on display than within our food discourses. While many would argue that the gourmand vanished from society at the end of the 19th century, this book contends that both the gourmand and its counterpart, the glutton, have moved beyond their historic roots to become cultural personae found throughout contemporary media and popular culture. Utilizing texts ranging from the Slow Food Movement to "food porn" as a cornucopia of visual fantasies, this book maintains that today the gourmand and the glutton have come to epitomize a rhetoric of excess far beyond the realm of food."--Back cover

Contents:

From gourmand to glutton : counterparts & cultural personae

Enfolding desires & pleasures into tantalizing appeals and rhetorical strategies

The foodie's arsenal of excessive delights

Embracing the glutton through the power of fat

Digitized food porn as a cornocopia of excess.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [127]-142) and index.

ISBN:

1433122243

9781433122248

OCLC:

896863253

Publisher Number:

99962716413