Scenes of the Apple

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Focusing on women's writing of the last two centuries, Scenes of the Apple traces the intricate relationship between food and body image for women. Ranging over a variety of genres, including novels, culinary memoirs, and essays, the contributors explore works by a diverse group of writers, including Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Toni Morrison, Tsitsi Dangarembga, and Jeanette Winterson, as well as such nonliterary documents as discussions of Queen Victoria's appetite and news coverage of suffragettes' hunger strikes. Moreover, in addressing works by Hispanic, African, African American, Jewish, and lesbian writers, the book explodes the myth that only white, privileged, and heterosexual women are concerned with body image, and shows the many cultural contexts in which food and cooking are important in women's literature. Above all, the essays pay tribute to the rich and multiple meanings of food in women's writing as a symbol for all kinds of delightful—and transgressive—desires.

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1. INTRODUCTION: SCENES OF THE APPLE: APPETITE, DESIRE, WRITING
Tamar Heller and Patricia Moran

PART 1. APPETITE AND CONSUMPTION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY CULTURAL POLITICS

2. GOOD AND PLENTY: QUEEN VICTORIA FIGURES THE IMPERIAL BODY
Adrienne Munich

3. INGESTION, CONTAGION, SEDUCTION: VICTORIAN METAPHORS OF READING
Pamela K. Gilbert

4. CONSUMING IMAGES: WOMEN, HUNGER, AND THE VOTE
Linda Schlossberg

PART 2. GROTESQUE, GHOSTLY, AND CANNIBALISTIC HUNGER IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY TEXTS

5. "THE COURAGE OF HER APPETITES": THE AMBIVALENT GROTESQUE IN ELLEN GLASGOW'S ROMANTIC COMEDIANS
Debra Beilke

6. "DEATH IS A SKIPPED MEAL COMPARED TO THIS": FOOD AND HUNGER IN TONI MORRISON'S BELOVED
Ann Folwell Stanford

7. "THERE IS NO GOD WHO CAN KEEP US FROM TASTING": GOOD CANNIBALISM IN HELENE CIXOUS'S THE BOOK OF PROMETHEA
Chris Foss

8. "I CANNOT EAT MY WORDS BUT I DO": FOOD, BODY, AND WORD IN THE NOVELS OF JEANETTE WINTERSON
Suzanne Keen

PART 3. FOOD AND COOKING: PATRIARCHAL, COLONIAL, FAMILIAL STRUCTURES

9. REWRITING THE HYSTERIC AS ANOREXIC IN TSITSI DANGAREMBGA'S NERVOUS CONDITIONS
Sue Thomas

10. LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS' NOVEL RECIPES AND LAURA ESQUIVAL'S LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE
Janice A. Jaffe

11. "A SINKSIDE, STOVESIDE, PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE": FEMALE AUTHORITY AND KITCHEN SPACE IN CONTEMPORARY WOMEN'S WRITING
Patricia Moran

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• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791486528
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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Scenes of the Apple

Food and the Female Body in Nineteenth and TwentiethCentury Womens Writing

Edited by Tamar Heller and Patricia Moran

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Scenes of the Apple

SUNY series in Feminist Criticism and Theory Michelle A. Massé, editor

Scenes of the Apple

Food and the Female Body in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Women’s Writing

Edited by

Tamar Heller and Patricia Moran

State University of New York Press

Published by S TATE  U NIVERSITY OF  N EW  Y ORK  P RESS , A LBANY

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Scenes of the apple : food and the female body in nineteenth- and twentieth-century women’s writing / edited by Tamar Heller and Patricia Moran. p. cm. — (SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-5783-4 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7914-5784-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)  1. Women in literature. 2. Body, Human, in literature. 3. Food in literature. 4. Literature—Women authors—History and criticism. 5. Literature, Modern—19th century—History and criticism. 6. Literature, Modern—20th century—History and criticism. I. Heller, Tamar, 1959– II. Moran, Patricia. III. Series.

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I NTRODUCTION : S CENES OF THE  A PPLE : A PPETITE , D ESIRE , W RITING Tamar Heller and Patricia Moran

P ART  1 APPETITE AND CONSUMPTION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY CULTURAL POLITICS

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G OOD AND  P LENTY : Q UEEN  V ICTORIA F IGURES THE  I MPERIAL  B ODY Adrienne Munich

I NGESTION , C ONTAGION , S EDUCTION : V ICTORIAN  M ETAPHORS OF  R EADING Pamela K. Gilbert

C ONSUMING  I MAGES : W OMEN , H UNGER , AND THE  V OTE Linda Schlossberg

P ART  2 GROTESQUE, GHOSTLY, AND CANNIBALISTIC HUNGER IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY TEXTS

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“T HE  C OURAGE OF  H ER  A PPETITES ”: T HE  A MBIVALENT G ROTESQUE IN  E LLEN  G LASGOW ’ S R OMANTIC  C OMEDIANS Debra Beilke

“D EATH  I S A  S KIPPED  M EAL  C OMPARED TO  T HIS ”: F OOD AND  H UNGER IN  T ONI  M ORRISON ’ S B ELOVED Ann Folwell Stanford

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“T HERE  I S  N O  G OD  W HO  C AN  K EEP  U S FROM  T ASTING ”: G OOD  C ANNIBALISM IN H ÉLÈNE  C IXOUS ’ S T HE  B OOK OF  P ROMETHEA Chris Foss

“I C ANNOT  E AT  M Y  W ORDS BUT  I D O ”: F OOD , B ODY , AND  W ORD IN THE  N OVELS OF  J EANETTE  W INTERSON Suzanne Keen

P ART  3 FOOD AND COOKING: PATRIARCHAL, COLONIAL, FAMILIAL STRUCTURES

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R EWRITING THE  H YSTERIC AS  A NOREXIC IN T SITSI  D ANGAREMBGA ’ S N ERVOUS  C ONDITIONS Sue Thomas

L ATIN  A MERICAN  W OMEN  W RITERS ’ N OVEL  R ECIPES AND L AURA  E SQUIVAL ’ S L IKE  W ATER FOR  C HOCOLATE Janice A. Jaffe

“A S INKSIDE , S TOVESIDE , P ERSONAL  P ERSPECTIVE ”: F EMALE  A UTHORITY AND  K ITCHEN  S PACE IN C ONTEMPORARY  W OMEN ’ S  W RITING Patricia Moran

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Queen Victoria’s dinner six months before her death

Queen Victoria’s eightieth birthday menu for her household

Victoria brand fruit label

Front cover of theWomen’s Suffrage Cookery Book

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