A Taste of Power: Food and American Identities Volume 59

by Katharina Vester

Book Overview

Since the founding of the United States, culinary texts and practices have played a crucial role in the making of cultural identities and social hierarchies. A Taste of Power examines culinary writing and practices as forces for the production of social order and, at the same time, points of cultural resistance. Culinary writing has helped shape dominant ideas of nationalism, gender, and sexuality, suggesting that eating right is a gateway...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520284984
• ISBN13: 9780520284982
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.2"