Speaking in Hunger : Gender, Discourse, and Consumption in Clarissa
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cultural Frames, Framing Culture
ISBN-10
1570032750
ISBN-13
9781570032752
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Imprint
University of South Carolina Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 31st, 1998
Print length
180 Pages
Weight
525 grams
Dimensions
22.70 x 15.30 x 1.20 cms
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Female hunger and eating habits have long been regarded as a form of discourse, a rich and complex metaphoric language of victimization, physicality, eroticism, and empowerment. Feminist scholars acknowledge that women''s ability to manipulate food distribution and their bodies (often the only resources in their power) can be a double-edged sword, a tool that allows women to repress their sexuality, to establish social rank, to engage in charitable activities, even while it forces them to accommodate physical victimization in order to empower themselves. I wish to argue that this seeming contradiction, often recognized as a mere displacement of power—a metaphoric equation of hunger with femininity, virginity, spiritualism, or class position—oversimplifies hunger as a language because it ignores the intricate ways in which this language is learned and shared.—from the Introduction
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