Food, Consumption and the Body in Contemporary Women's Fiction.

By: Sceats, SarahMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Description: 1 online resource (223 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780511150869Subject(s): English fiction--Women authors--History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Food, Consumption and the Body in Contemporary Women's FictionDDC classification: 823.91409355 LOC classification: PR888.F65 S34 2000Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 The food of love: mothering, feeding, eating and desire -- CHAPTER 2 Cannibalism and Carter: fantasies of omnipotence -- CHAPTER 3 Eating, starving and the body: Doris Lessing and others -- CHAPTER 4 Sharp appetites: Margaret Atwood's consuming politics -- CHAPTER 5 Food and manners: Roberts and Ellis -- CHAPTER 6 Social eating: identity, communion and difference -- Conclusion -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 THE FOOD OF LOVE: MOTHERING, FEEDING, EATING AND DESIRE -- 2 CANNIBALISM AND CARTER: FANTASIES OF OMNIPOTENCE -- 3 EATING, STARVING AND THE BODY: DORIS LESSING AND OTHERS -- 4 SHARP APPETITES: MARGARET ATWOOD'S CONSUMING POLITICS -- 5 FOOD AND MANNERS: ROBERTS AND ELLIS -- 6 SOCIAL EATING: IDENTITY, COMMUNION AND DIFFERENCE -- ONCLUSION -- Bibliography -- WORKS BY MARGARET ATWOOD -- WORKS BY ANGELA CARTER -- WORKS BY ALICE THOMAS ELLIS -- WORKS BY DORIS LESSING -- WORKS BY MICHÈLE ROBERTS -- ALL OTHER PUBLISHED PRINTED WORKS -- OTHER MEDIA -- Index.
Summary: Study of the subtle and complex significance of food and eating in contemporary women's fiction.
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 The food of love: mothering, feeding, eating and desire -- CHAPTER 2 Cannibalism and Carter: fantasies of omnipotence -- CHAPTER 3 Eating, starving and the body: Doris Lessing and others -- CHAPTER 4 Sharp appetites: Margaret Atwood's consuming politics -- CHAPTER 5 Food and manners: Roberts and Ellis -- CHAPTER 6 Social eating: identity, communion and difference -- Conclusion -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 THE FOOD OF LOVE: MOTHERING, FEEDING, EATING AND DESIRE -- 2 CANNIBALISM AND CARTER: FANTASIES OF OMNIPOTENCE -- 3 EATING, STARVING AND THE BODY: DORIS LESSING AND OTHERS -- 4 SHARP APPETITES: MARGARET ATWOOD'S CONSUMING POLITICS -- 5 FOOD AND MANNERS: ROBERTS AND ELLIS -- 6 SOCIAL EATING: IDENTITY, COMMUNION AND DIFFERENCE -- ONCLUSION -- Bibliography -- WORKS BY MARGARET ATWOOD -- WORKS BY ANGELA CARTER -- WORKS BY ALICE THOMAS ELLIS -- WORKS BY DORIS LESSING -- WORKS BY MICHÈLE ROBERTS -- ALL OTHER PUBLISHED PRINTED WORKS -- OTHER MEDIA -- Index.

Study of the subtle and complex significance of food and eating in contemporary women's fiction.

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