UID:
almafu_9958106125202883
Format:
1 online resource (179 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-59552-2
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0-203-37792-3
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1-134-59553-0
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1-280-02230-2
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0-203-36116-4
Content:
In Carnal Appetites, Elspeth Probyn charts the explosion of interest in food - from the cults that spring up around celebrity chefs, to our love/hate relationship with fast food, our fetishization of food and sex, and the impact of our modes of consumption on our identities. 'You are what you eat' the saying goes, but is the tenet truer than ever? As the range of food options proliferates in the West, our food choices become inextricably linked with our lives and lifestyles. Probyn also tackles issues that trouble society, asking questions about the nature of appetite, desire, greed a
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: gut feelings; Bodies that eat; Feeding McWorld, eating ideologies; Eating sex; Cannibal hunger, restraint in excess; Eating in black and white: the making of Mod Oz; Eating disgust, feeding shame; Postscript: eating; the new sensuality?; Notes; References; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-22305-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-22304-0
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203361160
