Lauren F. Klein

An Archive of Taste

Race and Eating in the Early United States

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"A groundbreaking synthesis of food studies, archival theory, and early American literature"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 331mm x 236mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9781517905095
• ISBN-10: 1517905095
• Artikelnr.: 59643411

Autorenporträt

Lauren F. Klein is associate professor in the departments of English and Quantitative Theory and Methods at Emory University. She is coeditor of the Debates in Digital Humanities series at Minnesota.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: No Eating in the Archive
1. Taste: Eating and Aesthetics in the Early Republic
2. Appetite: Eating, Embodiment, and the Tasteful Subject
3. Satisfaction: Aesthetics, Speculation, and the Theory of Cookbooks
4. Imagination: Food, Fiction, and the Limits of Taste
5. Absence: Slavery and Silence in the Archive of Eating
Epilogue: Two Portraits of Taste
Notes
Bibliography
Index