Gourmands and Gluttons The Rhetoric of Food Excess |
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| Author:
| Greene, Carlnita P. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4331-2224-8 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2015 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $120.25 |
Book Description:
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Utilizing texts ranging from the Slow Food Movement to «food porn» as a cornucopia of visual fantasies, this book maintains that the gourmand's role today is not only grand but also has come to epitomize the rhetoric of excess.
Utilizing texts ranging from the Slow Food Movement to «food porn» as a cornucopia of visual fantasies, this book maintains that the gourmand's role today is not only grand but also has come to epitomize the rhetoric of excess.