(In)digestion in Literature and Film: A Transcultural Approach is a collection of essays spanning diverse geographic areas such as Brazil, Eastern Europe, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States. Despite this geographic variance, they all question disordered...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Rivera, Serena J. (HerausgeberIn), Kiviat, Niki (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York ; London Routledge 2020
Schriftenreihe:	Literary criticism and cultural theory
Schlagworte:	Food in literature Food in motion pictures Essgewohnheit > Motiv Film Essstörung > Motiv Literatur Aufsatzsammlung
Online-Zugang:	DE-188 URL des Erstveröffentlichers
Zusammenfassung:	(In)digestion in Literature and Film: A Transcultural Approach is a collection of essays spanning diverse geographic areas such as Brazil, Eastern Europe, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States. Despite this geographic variance, they all question disordered eating practices represented in literary and filmic works. The collection ultimately redefines disorder, removing the pathology and stigma assigned to acts of non-normative eating. In so doing, the essays deem taboo practices of food consumption, rejection and avoidance as expressions of resistance and defiance in the face of restrictive sociocultural, political, and economic normativities. As a result, disorder no longer equates to "out of order", implying a sense of brokenness, but is instead envisioned as an act against the dominant of order of operations. The collection therefore shifts critical focus from the eater as the embodiment of disorder to the problematic norms that defines behaviors as such
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xi, 222 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781003047889 9781000071221 9781000070743 9781000071733