Food in American culture and literature : places at the table / edited by Carl Boon, Nuray Önder and Evrim Ersöz Koç.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Koç, Ersöz, editor.

Boon, Carl, editor.

Önder, Nuray, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food in popular culture--United States.

Food in popular culture.

Food in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

Carving a unique space within the burgeoning field of food studies, the essays gathered in this volume position themselves at a variety of flashpoints along the spectrum of cultural and literary analysis. While some remain firmly entrenched in traditional genre analysis, some extend toward history and sociology, giving this collection a multifaceted perspective. The finest of these essays stand as cultural critiques, forcing the reader to consider what food means (and will mean) in the United States.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Safety for Our Souls

From a Commodity to an Instrument of Social Interaction

The Addictive Foods of Neoliberal Capitalism

Pastoral Simplicity and Nostalgia

Food as an Insignia of Social Status in The Age of Innocence

Food as Metaphor and Body as Matter

The Woman's Body as a Site of Resistance and Surrender in Lori Gottlieb's Stick Figure

"To Beer a Perfect Appetizer"

Food and Bonding in Sam Hamod's "Dying with the Wrong Name" and Naomi Shihab Nye's "Red Brocade" and "Arabic Coffee"

Voices in the Kitchen

Eating and Cooking in the South

Back to the Roots

Contributors.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5275-4861-9

1-5275-4739-6

OCLC:

1153754407