Read my plate : the literature of food /

Considering how recipes and food writing are read differently than other narratives, this book examines the concept of taste in food as cultural and emotional performance and shows how the dynamics of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, and social class affect what literary characters and narrators e...

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Main Author: Geis, Deborah R., 1960- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2019]
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Summary:Considering how recipes and food writing are read differently than other narratives, this book examines the concept of taste in food as cultural and emotional performance and shows how the dynamics of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, and social class affect what literary characters and narrators eat.
Physical Description:viii, 171 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1498574432
9781498574433