Carnal Appetites
FoodSexIdentities
Published on 2. September 2003
176 pages
978-1-134-59553-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
'The scope of her research is vast ... Lays out some startling and thought-provoking takes on conventional wisdom about the ethics, affect and erotics of eating.' - Rebecca Bell-Metereau, IntensitiesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
2,48 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-59553-2 (9781134595532)
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Person
Elspeth 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).
Content
Acknowledgements, 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, Index
