ISBN:
1283642506
,
9781283642507
,
9781136286995
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XIV, 269 S.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication
Parallel Title:
Print version The Rhetoric of Food
DDC:
394.1/2
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book focuses on the rhetoric of food and the power dimensions that intersect this most fundamental but increasingly popular area of ideology and practice, including politics, culture, lifestyle, identity, advertising, environment, and economy. The essays visit a rich variety of dominant discourses and material practices through a range of media, channels, and settings including the White House, social movement rhetoric, televisual programming, urban gardens, farmers markets, domestic and international agriculture institutions, and popular culture. Rhetoricians address the cultural, politi
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Operations of Nature; 2 Empty Bellies/Empty Calories:Representing Hunger and Obesity; 3 Politics on Your Plate: Building and Burning Bridgesacross Organic, Vegetarian, and Vegan Discourse; 4 "Food Talk": Bridging Power in a Globalizing World; 5 Food, Health, and Well-Being: Positioning Functional Foods; 6 Parsing Poverty: Farm Subsidies and AmericanFarmland Trust
Description / Table of Contents:
7 Pardon Your Turkey and Eat Him Too:Antagonism over Meat Eating in the Discourse of thePresidential Pardoning of the Thanksgiving Turkey8 Resignified Urban Landscapes: From Abject to Agricultural; 9 Lee Kyung Hae and the Dynamics of SocialMovement Self-Sacrifice; 10 Let's Move: The Ideological Constraints of Liberalismon Michelle Obama's Obesity Rhetoric; 11 Spatial Affects and Rhetorical Relations: At the Cherry Creek Farmers' Market; 12 Revolution on Primetime TV: Jamie OliverTakes On the US School Food System; 13 The Man and the Cannibal: A Moral Perspective on Eating the Other
Description / Table of Contents:
14 On Establishing a More Authentic Relationship with Food: From Heidegger to Oprah on Slowing Down Fast Food15 Narratives of Hunger: Voices at the Margins of Neoliberal Development; Contributors; Index;
Note:
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
