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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1433122243
ISBN-13
9781433122248
Edition
New
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
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Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 13th, 2015
Print length
156 Pages
Weight
356 grams
Dimensions
15.80 x 23.00 x 1.60 cms
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Public speaking guidesJournalistic style guideslinguisticsCommunication studiesPopular culture
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Utilizing texts ranging from the Slow Food Movement to "food porn" as a cornucopia of visual fantasies, this book maintains that the gourmand's role today is not only grand but also has come to epitomize the rhetoric of excess.
From «supersizing it» to hoarding, we are living in an age of excess. Whether it is cars or housing, American culture is being driven by the old adage that «bigger is better». Yet, although we often overlook it, nowhere is this rhetoric of excess more on display than within our food discourses.
While many would argue that the gourmand vanished from society at the end of the 19th century, this book contends that both the gourmand and its counterpart, the glutton, have moved beyond their historic roots to become cultural personae found throughout contemporary media and popular culture.
Utilizing texts ranging from the Slow Food Movement to «food porn» as a cornucopia of visual fantasies, this book maintains that today the gourmand and the glutton have come to epitomize a rhetoric of excess far beyond the realm of food.
While many would argue that the gourmand vanished from society at the end of the 19
Utilizing texts ranging from the Slow Food Movement to «food porn» as a cornucopia of visual fantasies, this book maintains that today the gourmand and the glutton have come to epitomize a rhetoric of excess far beyond the realm of food.
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