Diners, Dudes, and Diets: How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media and Culture

by Emily J.H. Contois

Book Overview

The phrase "dude food" likely brings to mind a range of images: burgers stacked impossibly high with an assortment of toppings that were themselves once considered a meal; crazed sports fans demolishing plates of radioactively hot wings; barbecued or bacon-wrapped . . . anything. But there is much more to the phenomenon of dude food than what's on the plate. Emily J. H. Contois's provocative book begins with the dude himself--a man who retains a degree...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469660741
• ISBN13: 9781469660745
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"