Food and Culture in Contemporary American Fiction

by Lorna Piatti-Farnell

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Establishing an interdisciplinary connection between Food Studies and American literary scholarship, Piatti-Farnell investigates the significances of food and eating in American fiction, from 1980 to the present day. She argues that culturally-coded representations of the culinary illuminate contemporary American anxieties about class gender, race, tradition, immigration, nationhood, and history. As she offers a critical analysis of major works...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0415884225

ISBN13:9780415884228

Release Date:September 2011

Publisher:Routledge

Length:202 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.4" x 9.1"

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