Although the last decade has seen an intense and widespread interest in the writing and publishing of cookery books, surprisingly little contextualized analysis of the recipe as a generic form has appeared. This essay collection asserts that the recipe in all its cultural and textual contexts from the quintessential embodiment of lifestyle choices to the reflection of artistic aspiration is a complex, distinct, and important form of cultural expression. Contributors address questions raised by the recipe and its context, cultural moment, and mode of expression. Examples are drawn from such...
Although the last decade has seen an intense and widespread interest in the writing and publishing of cookery books, surprisingly little contextualize...
All women's magazines are not the same: content, outlook, and format combine to shape publications quite distinctively. While magazines in general have long been understood as a significant force in women's lives, many critiques have limited themselves to discussions of mainstream printed publications that engage with narrowly stereotypical representations of femininity. Looking at a range of women's magazines (Cooperative Correspondence Club and Housewife) and magazine programmes (Woman's Hour and Houseparty), Magazine Movements not only extends our...
All women's magazines are not the same: content, outlook, and format combine to shape publications quite distinctively. While magazines in general ...
All women's magazines are not the same: content, outlook, and format combine to shape publications quite distinctively. While magazines in general have long been understood as a significant force in women's lives, many critiques have limited themselves to discussions of mainstream printed publications that engage with narrowly stereotypical representations of femininity. Looking at a range of women's magazines (Cooperative Correspondence Club and Housewife) and magazine programmes (Woman's Hour and Houseparty), Magazine Movements not only extends our...
All women's magazines are not the same: content, outlook, and format combine to shape publications quite distinctively. While magazines in general ...
The authors bring together some of the disparate contexts and debates on recipes, in order to demonstrate the multiple ways in which the recipe illuminates the cultural worlds in which it appears and constitutes a textual form worthy of study in its own right.
The authors bring together some of the disparate contexts and debates on recipes, in order to demonstrate the multiple ways in which the recipe illumi...
