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Category Archive: Review

Review: Food and Literature

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Gitanjali G. Shahani’s edited collection “Food and Literature” prioritizes a variety of literary texts (not all Western-focused) to theorize the relationship between language and food, consumption as both reading practice and eating practice.

June 16, 2019 Review, Vol. 6, No. 1

Review: Governing Bodies

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In “Governing Bodies: American Politics and the Shaping of the Modern Physique,” Rachel Louise Moran draws from history and women’s studies to consider if the federal government should have a say in what you eat, or how a body should look.

June 16, 2019 Review, Vol. 6, No. 1

Review: Every Nation Has Its Dish

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In “Every Nation Has Its Dish: Black Bodies & Black Food in Twentieth-Century America,” Jennifer Jensen Wallach thoughtfully links Black bodies and Black food consumption as a means of national inclusion and distancing.

June 16, 2019 Review, Vol. 6, No. 1

Review: Italian Food Activism in Urban Sardinia

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In “Italian Food Activism in Urban Sardinia,” Carole Counihan examines the activities of numerous groups across the Mediterranean island, with particular focus on taste as a political and educational tool.

June 16, 2019 Review, Vol. 6, No. 1

Review: Hungry Nation

Iris Yellum reviews Benjamin Robert Siegel’s “Hungry Nation” (2018).

December 11, 2018 Review, Vol. 5 No. 2

Review: Mexican-Origin Foods, Foodways, and Social Movements

Divana Olivas reviews Devon G. Peña, Luz Calvo, Pancho McFarland, and Gabriel R. Valle’s “Mexican-Origin Foods, Foodways, and Social Movements” (2017).

December 11, 2018 Review, Vol. 5 No. 2

Review: From Head Shops to Whole Foods

Anastasia Day reviews Joshua Clark Davis’s “From Head Shops to Whole Foods” (2017).

December 11, 2018 Review, Vol. 5 No. 2

Review: Reinventing the Wheel

Gretchen Sneegas reviews “Reinventing the Wheel” (2017), by Bronwen and Francis Percival.

December 11, 2018 Review, Vol. 5 No. 2

Review: Making Modern Meals

Anastasia Day reviews Amy B. Trubek’s “Making Modern Meals: How Americans Cook Today,” a book that problematizes the concept of cooking at every turn.

June 1, 2018 Review, Vol. 5 No. 1

Review: Dubious Gastronomy

Will Payne reviews Robert Ji-Song Ku’s “Dubious Gastronomy: The Cultural Politics of Eating Asian in the USA,” a book that illuminates the many cultural and political hazards inherent in Asian-American cuisine.

June 1, 2018 Review, Vol. 5 No. 1

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