{"product_id":"appetites-and-anxieties-cynthia-baron-9780814334317","title":"Appetites and Anxieties: Food, Film, and the Politics of Representation","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eEmploys the foodways paradigm to analyze the ideological dimensions of food imagery and food behavior in fiction and documentary films.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCinema is a mosaic of memorable food scenes. Detectives drink alone. Gangsters talk with their mouths full. Families around the world argue at dinner. Food documentaries challenge popular consumption-centered visions. In \u003ci\u003eAppetites and Anxieties: Food, Film, and the Politics of Representation, \u003c\/i\u003eauthors Cynthia Baron, Diane Carson, and Mark Bernard use a foodways paradigm, drawn from the fields of folklore and cultural anthropology, to illuminate film's cultural and material politics. In looking at how films do and do not represent food procurement, preparation, presentation, consumption, clean-up, and disposal, the authors bring the pleasures, dangers, and implications of consumption to center stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In nine chapters, Baron, Carson, and Bernard consider food in fiction films and documentaries-from both American and international cinema. The first chapter examines film practice from the foodways perspective, supplying a foundation for the collection of case studies that follow. Chapter 2 takes a political economy approach as it examines the food industry and the film industry's policies that determine representations of food in film. In chapter 3, the authors explore food and food interactions as a means for creating community in \u003ci\u003eBagdad Café, \u003c\/i\u003e while in chapter 4 they take a close look at \u003ci\u003e301\/302, \u003c\/i\u003ein which food is used to mount social critique. Chapter 5 focuses on cannibal films, showing how the foodways paradigm unlocks the implications of films that dramatize one of society's greatest food taboos. In chapter 6, the authors demonstrate ways that insights generated by the foodways lens can enrich genre and auteur studies. Chapter 7 considers documentaries about food and water resources, while chapter 8 examines food documentaries that slip through the cracks of film censorship by going into exhibition without an MPAA rating. Finally, in chapter 9, the authors study films from several national cinemas to explore the intersection of food, gender, and ethnicity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Four appendices provide insights from a food stylist, a selected filmography of fiction films and a filmography of documentaries that feature foodways components, and a list of selected works in food and cultural studies. Scholars of film studies and food studies will enjoy the thought-provoking analysis of \u003ci\u003eAppetites and Anxieties.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cynthia Baron, Diane Carson, Mark Bernard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814334318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814334317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Cynthia Baron","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44159223300351,"sku":"9780814334317","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_41655296-53f8-426b-89ef-533de38ec865.jpg?v=1689081330","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/appetites-and-anxieties-cynthia-baron-9780814334317","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}