Carnal Appetites: FoodSexIdentities

by Elspeth Probyn

Overview

In Carnal Appetites, Elspeth Probyn charts the explosion of interest in food - from the cults that spring up around celebrity chefs, to our love/hate relationship with fast food, our fetishization of food and sex, and the impact of our modes of consumption on our identities. 'You are what you eat' the saying goes, but is the tenet truer than ever? As the range of food options proliferates in the West, our food choices become inextricably linked with our lives and lifestyles. Probyn also tackles issues that trouble society, asking questions about the nature of appetite, desire, greed and pleasure, and shedding light on subjects including: fast food, vegetarianism, food sex, cannibalism, forced feeding, and fat politics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415223058
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/12/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Elspeth Probyn is Associate Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at the University of Sydney. She is the author of Outside Belongings (Routledge, 1996) and Sexing the Self: Gendered Positions in Cultural Studies (Routledge, 1993), and co-editor with Elizabeth Grosz of Sexy Bodies: The Strange Carnalities of Feminism (Routledge, 1995).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements, Introduction: gut feelings, 1 Bodies that eat, 2 Feeding McWorld, eating ideologies, 3 Eating sex, 4 Cannibal hunger, restraint in excess, 5 Eating in black and white: the making of Mod Oz, 6 Eating disgust, feeding shame, Postscript: eating—the new sensuality?, Notes, References, Index

Editorial Reviews

'The scope of her research is vast ... Lays out some startling and thought-provoking takes on conventional wisdom about the ethics, affect and erotics of eating.' - Rebecca Bell-Metereau, Intensities

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