Food, consumption, and the body in contemporary women's fiction / Sarah Sceats.
Food, consumption, and the body in contemporary women's fiction / Sarah Sceats.
Food, consumption, and the body in contemporary women's fiction / Sarah Sceats.
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Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Date
New York : 2000.
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N823.91409/21
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English
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viii, 213 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The food of love: mothering, feeding, eating and desire -- 2. Cannibalism and Carter: fantasies of omnipotence -- 3. Eating, starving and the body: Doris Lessing and others -- 4. Sharp appetites: Margaret Atwood's consuming politics -- 5. Food and manners: Roberts and Ellis -- 6. Social eating: i...
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Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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England
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New York : 2000.
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"This study explores the subtle and complex significance of food and eating in contemporary women's fiction. Sarah Sceats reveals how preoccupations with food, its consumption and the body are central to the work of writers such as Doris Lessing, Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood and others. Through close analysis of their fiction, Sceats examines the...
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Food, consumption, and the body in contemporary women's fiction / Sarah Sceats.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-209) and index.
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N823.91409/21
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74VvbWgv52jA
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0521661536
9780521661539
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823.91409355
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991014880379702626
