Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian: Essays on Food Choice, Identity, and Symbolism

by Michael Owen Jones

Book Overview

In Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian: Essays on Food Choice, Identity, and Symbolism , Michael Owen Jones tackles topics often overlooked in foodways. At the outset he notes it was Victor Frankenstein's "daemon" in Mary Shelley's novel that advocated vegetarianism, not the scientist whose name has long been attributed to his creature. Jones explains how we communicate through what we eat, the connection between food choice and who we are or want to appear...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496839943
• ISBN13: 9781496839947
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"