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The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Food

Engelsk Hardback

The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Food

Engelsk Hardback
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This Companion provides an engaging and expansive overview of gustation, gastronomy, agriculture and alimentary activism in literature from the medieval period to the present day, as well as an illuminating introduction to cookbooks as literature. Bringing together sixteen original essays by leading scholars, the collection rethinks literary food from a variety of critical angles, including gender and sexuality, critical race studies, postcolonial studies, eco-criticism and children''s literature. Topics covered include mealtime decorum in Chaucer, Milton''s culinary metaphors, early American taste, Romantic gastronomy, Victorian eating, African-American women''s culinary writing, modernist food experiments, Julia Child and cold war cooking, industrialized food in children''s literature, agricultural horror and farmworker activism, queer cookbooks, hunger as protest and postcolonial legacy, and ''dude food'' in contemporary food blogs. Featuring a chronology of key publication and historical dates and a comprehensive bibliography of further reading, this Companion is an indispensible guide to an exciting field for students and instructors.
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This Companion provides an engaging and expansive overview of gustation, gastronomy, agriculture and alimentary activism in literature from the medieval period to the present day, as well as an illuminating introduction to cookbooks as literature. Bringing together sixteen original essays by leading scholars, the collection rethinks literary food from a variety of critical angles, including gender and sexuality, critical race studies, postcolonial studies, eco-criticism and children''s literature. Topics covered include mealtime decorum in Chaucer, Milton''s culinary metaphors, early American taste, Romantic gastronomy, Victorian eating, African-American women''s culinary writing, modernist food experiments, Julia Child and cold war cooking, industrialized food in children''s literature, agricultural horror and farmworker activism, queer cookbooks, hunger as protest and postcolonial legacy, and ''dude food'' in contemporary food blogs. Featuring a chronology of key publication and historical dates and a comprehensive bibliography of further reading, this Companion is an indispensible guide to an exciting field for students and instructors.
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 314
ISBN-13: 9781108427364
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1108427367
Udg. Dato: 19 mar 2020
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 156mm
Højde: 235mm
Forlag: Cambridge University Press
Oplagsdato: 19 mar 2020
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Kategori Kulturstudier: mad og samfund


ISBN-13 9781108427364


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 314


Udgave


Længde 20mm


Bredde 156mm


Højde 235mm


Udg. Dato 19 mar 2020


Oplagsdato 19 mar 2020


Forlag Cambridge University Press