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Inscrutable eating : Asian appetites and the rhetorics of racial consumption / Jennifer Lin LeMesurier.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- LeMesurier, Jennifer Lin, 1985- author.
- Series:
- Intersectional rhetorics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asian Americans--Food--Social aspects.
- Asian Americans.
- Food--Social aspects--United States.
- Food.
- Food habits--Social aspects--United States.
- Food habits.
- Food habits--Cross-cultural studies.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology).
- Asian Americans--Ethnic identity.
- Rhetoric--Social aspects.
- Rhetoric.
- Asian Americans in popular culture.
- Asians--Ethnic identity.
- Ethnic relations.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 152 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "Drawing on rhetorical theory, affect theory, and Asian American studies, LeMesurier analyzes US folk songs, cartoons, news, and social media about Asian eating to investigate how the rhetorical framing of food and eating underpins our understanding of race and gender in contemporary America"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Gut Orientations
- ch. 2 Rat Eaters: Defining American Masculinity in Opposition to Asian Deviance
- ch. 3 Bat Lovers: The Threat of Asian Appetites to US National Embodiment
- ch. 4 MSG Users: Phantasies of Health as Race Neutral
- ch. 5 "Too Sensitive" Speakers: The Limits on Asian Emotion in the Public Sphere.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-145) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814215371
- 0814215378
- 9780814258675
- 0814258670
- OCLC:
- 1348139916
- Publisher Number:
- 99993272830
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