Speaking in Hunger Gender, Discourse, and Consumption in Clarissa |
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| Author:
| Frega, Donnalee |
| Series title: | Cultural Frames, Framing Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57003-275-2 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1998 |
| Publisher: | University of South Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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Female hunger and eating habits have long been regarded as a form of discourse, a rich and complex metaphoric language of victimization, physicality, eroticism, and empowerment. Feminist scholars acknowledge that women's ability to manipulate food distribution and their bodies can be a double-edged sword, a tool that allows women to repress their sexuality, to establish social rank, to engage in charitable activities, even while it forces them to accommodate physical victimization.
Female hunger and eating habits have long been regarded as a form of discourse, a rich and complex metaphoric language of victimization, physicality, eroticism, and empowerment. Feminist scholars acknowledge that women's ability to manipulate food distribution and their bodies can be a double-edged sword, a tool that allows women to repress their sexuality, to establish social rank, to engage in charitable activities, even while it forces them to accommodate physical victimization.