Food, Media and Contemporary Culture (eBook)

Craig Batty, RMIT University, Australia Mark Bernard, University of North Carolina, USA Marsha Cassidy, University of Illinois, USA Hugh Curnutt, Montclair State University, USA Shaun Kimber, Bournemouth University, UK Tania Lewis, RMIT University, Australia Abigail Loxham, University of Queensland, Australia Erin Metz McDonnell, University of Notre Dame, USA Charley Packham, Bournemouth University, UK Michelle Phillipov, University of Tasmania, Australia Murray Pomerance, Ryerson University, Canada Christopher Pullen, Bournemouth University, UK Brendon Wocke, University of Bergamo, Italy

Introduction; Peri BradleyPART I: FOOD, REPRESENTATION AND IDENTITY1. More Cake Please – We're British!: Locating British Identity In Contemporary TV Food Texts, The Great British Bake Off And Come Dine With Me; Peri Bradley2. You Are What You Eat: Film Narratives And The Transformational Function Of Food; Craig Batty3. Benidorm, Taste And The 'All You Can Eat' Buffet: Body, Class And Sexuality; Chris Pullen4. Ruth Eats, Betty Vomits: Feminism, Bioculture, And Trouble With Food; Marsha Cassidy 5. A Woman's Place Is In The Kitchen?: Gender, Food And Television In The UK; Charley PackhamPART II: FOOD, CONSUMPTION AND AUDIENCE6. A Pinch Of Ethics And A Soupçon Of Home Cooking: Soft-Selling Supermarkets On Food Television; Tania Lewis And Michelle Phillipov7. "Meats Meat, And A Man's Gotta Eat." (Motel Hell 1980): Food And Eating Within Contemporary Horror Film And Horror Film Cultures; Shaun Kimber8. Cooking On Reality TV: Chef-Participants And Culinary Television; Hugh Curnutt9. Disorderly Eating And Eating Disorders: The Demonic Possession Film As Anorexia Allegory; Mark BernardPART III: FOOD, SEX AND PLEASURE10. Digesting Steven Spielberg; Murray Pomerance11. Digesting The Image: Carnal Appetites In The Films Of Bigas Luna; Abigail Loxham12. Dining As A 'Limit Experience': Jouissance And Gastronomic Pleasure As Cinematographic And Cultural Phenomena; Brendon Wocke13. Food Porn: The Conspicuous Consumption Of Food In The Age Of Digital Reproduction; Erin Metz Mcdonnell