Global appetites : American power and the literature of food

Global appetites : American power and the literature of food /

"This literary study explores how agribusiness, industrial agriculture, and countercultural food movements underpin modern American conceptions of global power"--

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author:	Carruth, Allison (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013
Subjects:	Cather, Willa, > 1873-1947 > Criticism and interpretation. Morrison, Toni. > Tar baby. Ozeki, Ruth, > 1956- > Criticism and interpretation. Agriculture in literature. Food in literature. American literature > 20th century > History and criticism. American literature > Women authors > History and criticism. Food writing > United States. Agricultural industries > United States. Globalization. globalism.
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction: the power of food
2. Rural modernity: Willa Cather and the rise of agribusiness
3. 'Luxury feeding' and war rations: food writing at midcentury
4. Supermarkets and exotic foods: Toni Morrison's 'chocolate eater'
5. Postindustrial pastoral: Ruth Ozeki and the new muckrakers
6. The locavore memoir: food writing in the age of information.