LEADER 04080nam 2200841 a 450 001 9910828951903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-107-11815-8 010 $a1-316-27493-4 010 $a0-511-04873-4 010 $a1-280-16209-0 010 $a0-511-15086-5 010 $a0-511-48538-7 010 $a0-511-32475-8 010 $a0-521-66153-6 010 $a0-511-11802-3 035 $a(CKB)111056485623590 035 $a(EBL)147322 035 $a(OCoLC)475871411 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000156626 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11170527 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000156626 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10130164 035 $a(PQKB)10898855 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511485381 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC147322 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL147322 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10014874 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL16209 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485623590 100 $a19990809d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFood, consumption, and the body in contemporary women's fiction /$fSarah Sceats 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge [England]$aNew York $cCambridge University Press$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 213 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-60455-9 311 $a0-511-01751-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 198-209) and index. 327 $aThe food of love -- Cannibalism and Carter -- Eating, starving and the body : Doris Lessing and others -- Sharp appetites : Margaret Atwood's consuming politics -- Food and manners : Roberts and Ellis -- Social eating : identity, communion and difference. 330 $aThis study explores the subtle and complex significance of food and eating in contemporary women's fiction. Sarah Sceats reveals how preoccupations with food, its consumption and the body are central to the work of writers such as Doris Lessing, Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood, Miche?le Roberts and Alice Thomas Ellis. Through close analysis of their fiction, Sceats examines the multiple metaphors associated with these themes, making powerful connections between food and love, motherhood, sexual desire, self identity and social behaviour. The activities surrounding food and its consumption (or non-consumption) embrace both the most intimate and the most thoroughly public aspects of our lives. The book draws on psychoanalytical, feminist and sociological theory to engage with a diverse range of issues, including chapters on cannibalism and eating disorders. This lively study demonstrates that feeding and eating are not simply fundamental to life but are inseparable from questions of gender, power and control. 606 $aEnglish fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFood in literature 606 $aWomen and literature$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aEnglish fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aConsumption (Economics) in literature 606 $aEating disorders in literature 606 $aHuman body in literature 606 $aFood habits in literature 606 $aGastronomy in literature 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFood in literature. 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aConsumption (Economics) in literature. 615 0$aEating disorders in literature. 615 0$aHuman body in literature. 615 0$aFood habits in literature. 615 0$aGastronomy in literature. 676 $a823/.91409355 700 $aSceats$b Sarah$0543424 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828951903321 996 $aFood, consumption and the body in contemporary womens' fiction$9876480 997 $aUNINA