Reel Food is the first book devoted to food as a key element of film, featuring original essays by major food studies scholars, including Carole Counihan and Michael Ashkenazi.
Reel Food is the first book devoted to food as a key element of film, featuring original essays by major food studies scholars, including Carole Couni...
This is the first book devoted to food as a vibrant and evocative element of film. It reads various films through their uses of Food - from major food films like Babette's Feast and Big Night - to less obvious choices including The Godfather trilogy and The Matrix. The contributors draw attention to the various ways in which food is employed to make meaning in film. In some cases, such as Soul Food and Tortilla Soup, food is used to represent racial and ethnic identities. In other cases, such as Chocolat and Like Water for Chocolate, food plays a role in gender and sexual politics. And, of...
This is the first book devoted to food as a vibrant and evocative element of film. It reads various films through their uses of Food - from major food...
