You are what you eat : literary probes into the palate / edited by Annette M. Magid.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Magid, Annette M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food in literature--Congresses.

Food in literature.

Food habits in literature--Congresses.

Food habits in literature.

Food in motion pictures--Congresses.

Food in motion pictures.

Food in popular culture--Congresses.

Food in popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (478 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

You are What You Eat: Literary Probes into the Palate offers tantalizing essays immersed in the culture of food, expanded across genres, disciplines, and time. The entire collection of You Are What You Eat includes a diversity of approaches and foci from multicultural national and international scholars and has a broad spectrum of subjects including: feminist theory, domesticity, children, film, cultural history, patriarchal gender ideology, mothering ideology, queer theory, politics, and poe...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; FOOD FIGHT; MARGINALIZATION, INCLUSION, AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION; BREADCRUMBS OF GRACE, BIRDSONGS OF JOY; DINING WELL; A MAN MAKIN' PIES OUT OF SORREL!; CHAPTER TWO; TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN; LISTENING TO SILENCE; WE DON'T MAKE MEATBALLS HERE ANYMORE; YOU GOTTA EAT SOMETHIN; CHAPTER THREE; KNOWLEDGE IS AS FOOD; FRENCH FOOD TEXTS AND NATIONAL IDENTITY; ARCHITECTURAL HORS D'OEUVRES; SOME LIKE IT HOT; FOOD, HUNGER, AND IDENTITY IN JEWISH WOMEN IMMIGRANTS' AUTOBIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER FOUR

FOOD SYMBOLISM IN THREE CHILDREN'S LITERATURE TEXTSAT THE CORE OF THE GIVING TREE'S SIGNIFYING APPLES; PERCEPTIVE APPETITES; CHAPTER FIVE; NEVER THE RIGHT FOOD; FOOD CONSUMPTION AND THE TROUBLED SELF IN KINGSTON'S THE WOMAN WARRIOR, WALKER'S THE COLOR PURPLE, TAN'S THE JOY LUCK CLUB, AND ERDRICH'S LOVE MEDICINE; A MARRIAGE MADE IN THE KITCHEN; THE JOY OF COOKING AND EATING; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

The majority of the papers were presented at the Northeast Modern Language Association's 2006, 2007 and 2008 conventions at the "Food for thought" sessions.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-282-41391-0

9786612413919

1-4438-1468-7

OCLC:

827209199