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The Discourses of Food in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction
A. Cozzi
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Description for The Discourses of Food in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction
Paperback. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 233 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
The book offers readings of discourses about food in a wide range of sources, from canonical Victorian novels by authors such as Dickens, Gaskell, and Hardy to parliamentary speeches, royal proclamations, and Amendment Acts. It considers the cultural politics and poetics of food in relation to issues of race, class, gender, regionalism, urbanization, colonialism, and imperialism in order to discover how national identity and Otherness are constructed and internalized.
The book offers readings of discourses about food in a wide range of sources, from canonical Victorian novels by authors such as Dickens, Gaskell, and Hardy to parliamentary speeches, royal proclamations, and Amendment Acts. It considers the cultural politics and poetics of food in relation to issues of race, class, gender, regionalism, urbanization, colonialism, and imperialism in order to discover how national identity and Otherness are constructed and internalized.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
Series
Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters
Number of Pages
223
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349288847
SKU
V9781349288847
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99-15
About A. Cozzi
Annette Cozzi isAssistant Professor ofHumanitiesandCultural Studies at the University of South Florida.
Reviews for The Discourses of Food in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction
'Cozzi's close readings are informed with a wealth of historical context, and her textual juxtapositions are shrewd and illuminating . . . The book is an immensely valuable contribution to the study of nationalism, while the focus on food adds richly to the scholarship on diet and on the Victorian novel. Her historical schema is also highly suggestive, particularly in ... Read more