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Author:
Ferguson, Kennan 1968-  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (153 pages)
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Date:
2020
Notes:
Elecresource
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. Democracy: The Recipe, the Cookbook, and the Forms of Politics -- 2. Nationalism: Why States Need Cookbooks -- 3. International Relations: Mastery, Sensibility, and Relational Cooking -- 4. Community: Cookbooks as Collectivity -- 5. Ideology: Food, Fast and Slow -- Conclusion: How Taste Matters -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Summary:
From Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking to the community cookbook created by the First Baptist Church of Midland, Tennessee, Cookbook Politics explores the sensual and political implications of cookbooks, demonstrating how they create nations, establish ideologies, shape international relations, and form communities
Topic:
Food writing--Political aspects  Search this
Food writing--Social aspects  Search this
Cookbooks--Political aspects  Search this
Cookbooks--Social aspects  Search this
Cookbooks--History and criticism  Search this
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory  Search this
Cookbooks  Search this
Call number:
TX644 .F47 2020 (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
Unlimited users
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145237