Dinner roles : American women and culinary culture / Sherrie A. Inness.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Inness, Sherrie A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking, American.

Cooking, American--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 225 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A stimulating collection of essays in which leading theorists of regionalism join with talented younger scholars in remapping the field. Revisionary in every sense, Breaking Boundaries asks fresh questions about traditional stalwarts, 'regionalizes' figures hitherto examined under other rubrics, and introduces readers to new authors and texts.--Carolyn L. Karcher, author of The First Woman in the Republic: A Cultural Biography of Lydia Maria Child

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 ''Bachelor Bait'' Men's Cookbooks and the Male Cooking Mystique; Chapter 2 ''The Enchantment of Mixing-Spoons'' Cooking Lessons for Girls and Boys; Chapter 3 Paradise Pudding, Peach Fluff, and Prune Perfection Dainty Dishes and the Construction of Femininity; Chapter 4 Wafe Irons and Banana Mashers Selling Mrs. Consumer on Electric Kitchen Gadgets; Chapter 5 ''Fearsome Dishes'' International Cooking and Orientalism between the Wars; Chapter 6 ''It's Fun Being Thrifty!'' Gendered Cooking Lessons during the Depression; Chapter 7 ''Wear This Uniform Proudly, Mrs. America!'' Rosie the Riveter in the Kitchen; Chapter 8 Of Casseroles and Canned Foods Building the Happy Housewife in the Fifties; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-216) and index.

ISBN:

1-58729-332-3

OCLC:

50320907