Table Lands: Food in Children's Literature

by Scott T Pollard, Kara K Keeling, Kara K. Keeling, et al.

Book Overview

Food is a signifier of power for both adults and children, a sign of both inclusion and exclusion and of conformity and resistance. Many academic disciplines--from sociology to literary studies--have studied food and its function as a complex social discourse, and the wide variety of approaches to the topic provides multidisciplinary frames for understanding the construction and uses of food in all types of media, including children's literature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496828356
• ISBN13: 9781496828354
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"