Gourmands and Gluttons: The Rhetoric of Food Excess

by Carlnita P. Greene

Overview

Utilizing texts ranging from the Slow Food Movement to food porn as a cornucopia of visual fantasies, this book maintains that the gourmand's role today is not only grand but also has come to epitomize the rhetoric of excess.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433122248
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	02/13/2015
Pages:	156
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Carlnita P. Greene (PhD, University of Texas at Austin) is on the faculty in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon. She is co-editor of Food as Communication/Communication as Food (Peter Lang, 2011).

Table of Contents

Contents: From Gourmand to Glutton - Counterparts and Cultural Personae – Enfolding Desires and Pleasures into Tantalizing Appeals and Rhetorical Strategies – The Foodie’s Arsenal of Excessive Delights – Embracing the Glutton through the Power of Fat – Digitized Food Porn as a Cornucopia of Excess.