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Dining with madmen : fat, food, and the environment in 1980s horror /

In Dining with Madmen: Fat, Food, and the Environment in 1980s Horror, author Thomas Fahy explores America's preoccupation with body weight, processed foods and pollution through the lens of horror. Conspicuous consumption may have communicated success in the eighties, but only if it did not be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fahy, Thomas Richard (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2019]
Subjects:	Horror films > United States > History and criticism. Food in motion pictures. Motion pictures > Social aspects.

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