Read My Plate: The Literature of Food

Vannatta, Seth

ISBN 10: 1498574459 / ISBN 13: 9781498574457

Edité par Lexington Books, 2021

In. N° de réf. du vendeur ria9781498574457_new

Synopsis :

Whether perusing a recipe or learning what a literary character eats, readers approach a text differently when reading about food. Read My Plate: The Literature of Food explores what narrators and characters (in fiction, in performance, and in the popular genre of the "food memoir") cook and eat. Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, the inmates of the Terezin concentration camp, performance artist Karen Finley, novelist Jhumpa Lahiri, playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, and the celebrated chef-turned-travel-journalist Anthony Bourdain are just a few examples of the writers whose works are discussed. Close readings of the literal and figurative "plates" in these texts allow a unique form of intimate access to the speakers' feelings and memories and help readers to understand more about how the dynamics of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, and social class affect what the narrators/characters eat, from tourtière to collard greens to a school lunch bento box.

À propos de l'auteur: Deborah R. Geis is professor of English at DePauw University.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Read My Plate: The Literature of Food
Éditeur : Lexington Books
Date d'édition : 2021
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : New