Feasting our eyes : food films and cultural identity in the United States / Laura Lindenfeld, Fabio Parasecoli.

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Lindenfeld, Laura [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Description
xiii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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    Feasting Our Eyes looks at Hollywood films and independent cinema, documentaries and docufictions, from the 1990s to today and frankly assesses their commitment to racial diversity, tolerance, and liberal political ideas. Laura Lindenfeld and Fabio Parasecoli find women and people of color continue to be treated as objects of consumption even in these modern works and, despite their progressive veneer, American food films often mask a conservative politics that makes commercial success more likely. A major force in mainstream entertainment, American food films shape our sense of who belongs, who has a voice, and who has opportunities in American society. They facilitate the virtual consumption of traditional notions of identity and citizenship, reworking and reinforcing ingrained ideas of power. --Publisher description.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-247) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • Food films and consumption: selling The big night
    • Autonomy in the kitchen? food films and post-feminism
    • Magical food, luscious bodies
    • Culinary comfort: the satiating construction of masculinity
    • When Weirdos stir the pot: cooking identity in animated movies
    • Consuming the other: food films as culinary tourism
    • Conclusion: food films, between fantasy and reality.
    ISBN
    • 9780231172509 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 0231172508 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780231172516 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 0231172516 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016008166
    OCLC
    945729955
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