Aesthetic pleasure in twentieth-century women's food writing
Subtitle: the innovative appetites of M.F.K. Fisher, Alice B. Toklas, and Elizabeth David
By: by Alice Lee McLean
Series: Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature -- 18
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780415871389
Subjects: Food writing; Women food writers; History
Other titles: Aesthetic pleasure in 20th century women's food writing
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-184) and index.
Table of contents: title: The gendering of appetite in nineteenth-century food writing; title: Forging a space for female desire: M. F. K. Fisher on the art of eating; title: A queer appetite: the Alice B. Toklas cook book; title: A sensual engagement: Elizabeth David's gastronomic cookbooks; title: From 'aesthetic choice' to a 'diaporic aesthetic': Patience Gray, Vertamae Smart Grosvenor, And Monique Truong.