| Description |
1 online resource (209 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature ; 18 |
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Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature ; 18.
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| Contents |
The gendering of appetite in nineteenth-century food writing -- Forging a space for female desire: M.F.K. Fisher on the art of eating -- A queer appetite: the Alice B. Toklas cook book -- A sensual engagement: Elizabeth David's gastronomic cookbooks -- From 'aesthetic choice' to a 'diaporic aesthetic': Patience Gray, Vertamae Smart Grosvenor, And Monique Truong |
| Summary |
This book explores the aesthetic pleasures of eating and writing in the lives of M.F.K. Fisher (1908-1992), Alice B. Toklas (1877-1967), and Elizabeth David (1913-1992). Growing up during a time when women's food writing was largely limited to the domestic cookbook, which helped to codify the guidelines of middle class domesticity, Fisher, Toklas, and David claimed the pleasures of gastronomy previously reserved for men |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
EBL |
| Subject |
Fisher, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy), 1908-1992.
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Toklas, Alice B
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David, Elizabeth, 1913-1992.
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| SUBJECT |
David, Elizabeth, 1913-1992 fast |
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Fisher, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy), 1908-1992 fast |
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Toklas, Alice B. fast |
| Subject |
Women food writers.
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Food writing -- History
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Food writing
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Women food writers
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203814390 |
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0203814398 |
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9780415871389 |
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0415871387 |
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