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Appetites and anxieties : food, film, and the politics of representation / Cynthia Baron, Diane Carson, Mark Bernard.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Baron, Cynthia.
Contributor:
Carson, Diane.
Bernard, Mark.
Series:
Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series
Contemporary approaches to film and media series
Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Studies
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Food in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--Social aspects.
Motion pictures.
Documentary films--History and criticism.
Documentary films.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (346 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2014]
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Scholars of film studies and food studies will enjoy the thought-provoking analysis of Appetites and Anxieties.
Contents:
Introduction: the cultural and material politics of food
Representations in film
Foodways as an ideological approach
Food and film industries: a filter for the food we see in films
Foodways syntax: utopian films' use of food to create community
Foodways structured to convey disorder and dysfunction
When humans are the food product: an ideological look at cannibal films
Food as threat and promise: genre and auteur analysis
Foodways in documentary films: consumer society in a wider frame
The politics surrounding documentaries' depiction of foodways
Food as a window into personal and cultural politics.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes filmography.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9780814338056
0814338054
OCLC:
872122583

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