Food and masculinity in contemporary autobiographies : cast-iron man / Nieves Pascual Soler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pascual Soler, Nieves, author.

Contributor:

Beverly Bennett Rutstein CW'50 Fund.

Series:

Palgrave studies in life writing

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autobiography.

Food--Social aspects.

Food.

Masculinity.

Male cooks.

Physical Description:

ix, 126 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]

Summary:

This book is concerned with food autobiographies written by men from the 1980s to the present. It concentrates on how food has transformed autobiographical narratives and how these define the ways men eat and cook nowadays. After presenting a historical overview of the place of food within men's autobiography, this volume analyzes the reasons for our present interest in food and the proliferation of life narratives focused on cooking. Then it centers around the identities that male chefs are taking on in the writing of their lives and the generic models they use: the heroic, the criminal and the hunting autobiographical scripts. This study gives evidence that autobiographies are crucial in the redefinition of the new masculinitie emerging in the kitchen. It will appeal to readers interested in Food Studies, Autobiographical Studies, Men's Studies and American Literature and Culture.

Contents:

Food in autobiographies written by men

Authentic chef-heroes

The cook-as-criminal autobiography

Hunting chefs

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Beverly Bennett Rutstein CW'50 Fund.

ISBN:

3319709224

9783319709222

OCLC:

1006451939

Publisher Number:

99975604536