Carnal appetites : foodsexidentities / / Elspeth Probyn

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910171015803321
• Autore: Probyn Elspeth <1958->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Routledge, 2000
• ISBN: 1-134-59552-2; 0-203-37792-3; 1-134-59553-0; 1-280-02230-2; 0-203-36116-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (179 p.)
• Disciplina: 641/.01/3; 641.013
• Soggetti: Eating (Philosophy); Identity (Philosophical concept)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: gut feelings; Bodies that eat; Feeding McWorld, eating ideologies; Eating sex; Cannibal hunger, restraint in excess; Eating in black and white: the making of Mod Oz; Eating disgust, feeding shame; Postscript: eating; the new sensuality?; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In Carnal Appetites, Elspeth Probyn charts the explosion of interest in food - from the cults that spring up around celebrity chefs, to our love/hate relationship with fast food, our fetishization of food and sex, and the impact of our modes of consumption on our identities. 'You are what you eat' the saying goes, but is the tenet truer than ever? As the range of food options proliferates in the West, our food choices become inextricably linked with our lives and lifestyles. Probyn also tackles issues that trouble society, asking questions about the nature of appetite, desire, greed a