The discourses of food in nineteenth-century British fiction /
Cozzi, Annette,1966-
New York : Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.
"The book offers readings of discourses about food in a wide range of sources,from canonical Victorian novels by authors such as Dickens, Gaskell, and Hardy to parliamentary speeches, royal proclamations, and Amendment Acts. It considers the cultural politics and poetics of food in relation to issues of race, class, gender, regionalism, urbanization, colonialism, and imperialism in order to discover how national identity and Otherness are constructed and internalized."--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-212) and index.
Introduction: the belly of a nation -- Corn kings: Disraeli, Hardy, and the reconciliation of nations -- Men and menus: Dickens and the rise of the "Ordinary" English gentleman -- "I have no country": domesticating the generic national woman -- "Miss Sharp adores pork": ingesting India from The Missionary to The Moonstone -- Blood and rum: power and the racialization of the Victorian monster -- Conclusion: the bill of fare-thee-well.
"The book offers readings of discourses about food in a wide range of sources,from canonical Victorian novels by authors such as Dickens, Gaskell, and Hardy to parliamentary speeches, royal proclamations, and Amendment Acts. It considers the cultural politics and poetics of food in relation to issues of race, class, gender, regionalism, urbanization, colonialism, and imperialism in order to discover how national identity and Otherness are constructed and internalized."--Provided by publisher.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865
Food in literature.
English literature
Nationalism in literature.