(In)digestion in Literature and Film: A Transcultural Approach is a collection of essays spanning diverse geographic areas such as Brazil, Eastern Europe, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States. Despite this geographic variance, they all question disordered eating practices represented in literary and filmic works. The collection ultimately redefines disorder, removing the pathology and stigma assigned to acts of non-normative eating. In so doing, the essays deem taboo practices of food consumption, rejection and avoidance as expressions of resistance and defiance in the face of restrictive sociocultural, political, and economic normativities. As a result, disorder no longer equates to "out of order", implying a sense of brokenness, but is instead envisioned as an act against the dominant of order of operations. The collection therefore shifts critical focus from the eater as the embodiment of disorder to the problematic norms that defines behaviors as such.
| ISBN: | 9780367499129 |
| Publication date: | 31st May 2023 |
| Author: | Niki Kiviat, Serena J Rivera |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 222 pages |
| Series: | Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory |
| Genres: |
Cultural studies: food and society Literary studies: postcolonial literature Media studies Sociology Medical sociology History |
(In)digestion in Literature and Film: A Transcultural Approach is a collection of essays spanning diverse geographic areas such as Brazil, Eastern Europe, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States. Despite this geographic variance, they all question disordered eating practices represented in literary and filmic works. The collection ultimately redefines disorder, removing the pathology and stigma assigned to acts of non-normative eating. In so doing, the essays deem taboo practices of food consumption, rejection and avoidance as expressions of resistance and defiance in the face of restrictive sociocultural, political, and economic normativities. As a result, disorder no longer equates to "out of order", implying a sense of brokenness, but is instead envisioned as an act against the dominant of order of operations. The collection therefore shifts critical focus from the eater as the embodiment of disorder to the problematic norms that defines behaviors as such.
(In)digestion in Literature and Film features in the following genres: Cultural studies: food and society, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, Media studies, Sociology, Medical sociology, History
(In)digestion in Literature and Film is available in Paperback
(In)digestion in Literature and Film was written by Niki Kiviat, Serena J Rivera and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
(In)digestion in Literature and Film has 222 pages
Yes it is part of Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory series
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