Aesthetic pleasure in twentieth-century women's food writing : the innovative appetites of M.F.K. Fisher, Alice B. Toklas, and Elizabeth David
by
 
McLean, Alice L.

Title
Aesthetic pleasure in twentieth-century women's food writing : the innovative appetites of M.F.K. Fisher, Alice B. Toklas, and Elizabeth David

Author
McLean, Alice L.

ISBN
9780415871389

Personal Author
McLean, Alice L.

Publication Information
New York : Routledge, 2012.

Physical Description
x, 195 p. ; 24 cm.

Series
Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature ; 18
 
Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature ; 18.

Contents
The gendering of appetite in nineteenth-century food writing -- Forging a space for female desire: M. F. K. Fisher on the art of eating -- A queer appetite: the Alice B. Toklas cook book -- A sensual engagement: Elizabeth David's gastronomic cookbooks -- From 'aesthetic choice' to a 'diaporic aesthetic': Patience Gray, Vertamae Smart Grosvenor, And Monique Truong.

Personal Subject
Fisher, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy), 1908-1992.
 
Toklas, Alice B.
 
David, Elizabeth, 1913-1992.

Subject Term
Women food writers.
 
Food writing -- History.


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