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OverviewEating is one of the most revealing of human behaviours - it exposes our most basic instincts and our most ritualized habits. 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 and pleasure, and shedding light on subjects including: fast food, vegetarianism, food sex, cannibalism, forced feeding, and fat politics. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elspeth ProbynPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.264kg ISBN: 9780415223058ISBN 10: 0415223059 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 12 September 2000 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements, Introduction: gut feelings, 1 Bodies that eat, 2 Feeding McWorld, eating ideologies, 3 Eating sex, 4 Cannibal hunger, restraint in excess, 5 Eating in black and white: the making of Mod Oz, 6 Eating disgust, feeding shame, Postscript: eating—the new sensuality?, Notes, References, IndexReviewsA wide-ranging, highly theoretical study using a cultural studies approach, Probyn's work raises some very interesting and provocative points.. <br>- Gastronomica, Winter 2002 <br> Probyn always surprises her reader, as she moves from analyzing eating as a social concern to eating as a new way of looking at power. This is an original and important book, one that more than lives up to what we have come to expect from Probyn. <br>-Lawrence Grossberg <br> Author InformationElspeth Probyn is Associate Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at the University of Sydney. She is the author of Outside Belongings (Routledge, 1996) and Sexing the Self: Gendered Positions in Cultural Studies (Routledge, 1993), and co-editor with Elizabeth Grosz of Sexy Bodies: The Strange Carnalities of Feminism (Routledge, 1995). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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