Feasting Our Eyes: Food Films and Cultural Identity in the United States

by Laura Lindenfeld and Fabio Parasecoli

Big Night (1996), Ratatouille (2007), and Julie and Julia (2009) are more than films about food--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--but not as progressively as you might think. Feasting Our Eyes takes a second...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231172516
• ISBN13: 9780231172516
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher