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Feasting Our Eyes : Food Films and Cultural Identity in the United States.
Big Night (1996), Ratatouille (2007), and Julie and Julia (2009) are more than films about food#x97;they serve a political purpose. In the kitchen, around the table, and in the dining room, these films use cooking and eating to explore such themes as ideological pluralism, ethnic and racial acceptan...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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La Vergne :
Columbia University Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Big Night (1996), Ratatouille (2007), and Julie and Julia (2009) are more than films about food#x97;they serve a political purpose. In the kitchen, around the table, and in the dining room, these films use cooking and eating to explore such themes as ideological pluralism, ethnic and racial acceptance, gender equality, and class flexibility#x97;but not as progressively as you might think. Feasting Our Eyes takes a second look at these and other modern American food films to emphasize their conventional approaches to nation, gender, race, sexuality, and social status. Devoured visually and emotionally, |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (278 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0231542976 9780231542975 |