The rhetoric of food [[electronic resource] ] : discourse, materiality, and power / / edited by Joshua J. Frye and Michael S. Bruner

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Routledge, c2012; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 394.1/2
• Soggetto topico: Food - Social aspects; Food - Moral and ethical aspects; Communication and culture; Rhetoric - Political aspects
• Altri autori: FryeJoshua BrunerMichael S
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Operations of Nature; 2 Empty Bellies/Empty Calories:Representing Hunger and Obesity; 3 Politics on Your Plate: Building and Burning Bridgesacross Organic, Vegetarian, and Vegan Discourse; 4 "Food Talk": Bridging Power in a Globalizing World; 5 Food, Health, and Well-Being: Positioning Functional Foods; 6 Parsing Poverty: Farm Subsidies and AmericanFarmland Trust ; 7 Pardon Your Turkey and Eat Him Too:Antagonism over Meat Eating in the Discourse of thePresidential Pardoning of the Thanksgiving Turkey8 Resignified Urban Landscapes: From Abject to Agricultural; 9 Lee Kyung Hae and the Dynamics of SocialMovement Self-Sacrifice; 10 Let's Move: The Ideological Constraints of Liberalismon Michelle Obama's Obesity Rhetoric; 11 Spatial Affects and Rhetorical Relations: At the Cherry Creek Farmers' Market; 12 Revolution on Primetime TV: Jamie OliverTakes On the US School Food System; 13 The Man and the Cannibal: A Moral Perspective on Eating the Other ; 14 On Establishing a More Authentic Relationship with Food: From Heidegger to Oprah on Slowing Down Fast Food15 Narratives of Hunger: Voices at the Margins of Neoliberal Development; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book focuses on the rhetoric of food and the power dimensions that intersect this most fundamental but increasingly popular area of ideology and practice, including politics, culture, lifestyle, identity, advertising, environment, and economy. The essays visit a rich variety of dominant discourses and material practices through a range of media, channels, and settings including the White House, social movement rhetoric, televisual programming, urban gardens, farmers markets, domestic and international agriculture institutions, and popular culture. Rhetoricians address the cultural, pol
• Titolo autorizzato: The rhetoric of food
• ISBN: 1-283-64250-6; 0-203-11345-4; 1-136-28699-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785998903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication