Culinary Aesthetics and Practices in Nineteenth-Century American Literature

Culinary Aesthetics and Practices in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 263
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ISBN-10 : 9780230103146
ISBN-13 : 0230103146
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Book Synopsis Culinary Aesthetics and Practices in Nineteenth-Century American Literature by : M. Drews

Download or read book Culinary Aesthetics and Practices in Nineteenth-Century American Literature written by M. Drews and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-10-26 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culinary Aesthetics and Practices in Nineteenth-Century American Literature examines the preponderance of food imagery in nineteenth-century literary texts. Contributors to this volume analyze the social, political, and cultural implications of scenes involving food and dining and illustrate how "aesthetic" notions of culinary preparation are often undercut by the actual practices of cooking and eating. As contributors interrogate the values and meanings behind culinary discourses, they complicate commonplace notions about American identity and question the power structure behind food production and consumption.


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