The Sacred Foodways of Film: Theological Servings in 11 Food Films

by Antonio D. Sison

Overview

The Sacred Foodways of Film explores the ways by which the portrayal of food in film offers creative spaces for theological insight. From the Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg produced title The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) to the Oscar Best Foreign Language Film winner from Japan Departures (2008), eleven diverse films invite us to taste and see the mutually enriching blend of food and faith depicted onscreen. Smithsonian magazine describes the last two decades as "The Era of Crazed Oral Gratification." The explosion of interest in food culture, what is touted as the "foodie revolution," is evident across media platforms in the United States as well as in many other parts of the world. Curiously, there has not been a book specifically dedicated to the confluence of theology/religion and food films. The Sacred Foodways of Film is a timely contribution to this fascinating area of interest that has long been simmering on the stovetop of scholarship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498230476
Publisher:	Pickwick Publications
Publication date:	02/18/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	132
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Antonio D. Sison, CPPS, PhD, faculty member at Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, is the author of World Cinema, Theology, and the Human (2012) and Screening Schillebeeckx: Theology and Third Cinema in Dialogue (2006). A digital filmmaker, his work ICHTHUS (2006), a theological art film showcased at various film festivals and academic circles, is one of the case studies of this book.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

1 Are You Hungry? 12

Into the Wild

127 Hours

Angela's Ashes

2 Fishing, Gleaning, and "Eatripping" 28

Ichthus

The Gleaners and I

Eatrip

3 Identity Simmers in the Cooking Pot 47

The Lunchbox

The Hundred-Foot Journey

4 Feasting at the Table of Finitude 66

A Simple Life

Departures

5 The Buffet of the Universe 91

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Bibliography 113

Filmography 117

Subject Index 119