Cooking Lessons: The Politics of Gender and Food (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780742515741)

Meatloaf, fried chicken, Jell-O, cake-because foods are so very common, we rarely think about them much in depth. The authors of Cooking Lessons however, believe that food is deserving of our critical scrutiny and that such analysis yields many important lessons about American society and its values. This book explores the relationship between food and gender. Contributors draw from diverse sources, both contemporary and historical, and look at women from various cultural backgrounds, including Hispanic, traditional southern White, and African American. Each chapter focuses on a certain food, teasing out its cultural meanings and showing its effect on women's identity and lives.

Author: Sherrie A. Inness
ISBN-10: 0742515745
ISBN-13: 9780742515741
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 07/30/2001
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d

Review Citation(s):
Women's Review of Books 02/01/2002 pg. 26
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2001 pg. 64