The larder [electronic resource] : food studies methods from the American South / edited by John T. Edge, Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt, Ted Ownby.

The larder [electronic resource] : food studies methods from the American South / edited by John T. Edge, Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt, Ted Ownby.

First edition.

9780820345543 hardcover
0820345547 hardcover
9780820345550 paperback
9780820346526 electronic book

Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2013]

©2013

English

1 online resource (399 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles.

GT2853.U5 L37 2013eb

394.1/20975

"The sixteen essays in The Larder argue that the study of food does not simply help us understand more about what we eat and the foodways we embrace. The methods and strategies herein help scholars use food and foodways as lenses to examine human experience. The resulting conversations provoke a deeper understanding of our overlapping, historically situated, and evolving cultures and societies. The Larder presents some of the most influential scholars in the discipline today, from established authorities such as Psyche Williams-Forson to emerging thinkers such as Rien T. Fertel, writing on subjects as varied as hunting, farming, and marketing, as well as examining restaurants, iconic dishes, and cookbooks. Editors John T. Edge, Elizabeth Engelhardt, and Ted Ownby bring together essays that demonstrate that food studies scholarship, as practiced in the American South, sets methodological standards for the discipline. The essayists ask questions about gender, race, and ethnicity as they explore issues of identity and authenticity. And they offer new ways to think about material culture, technology, and the business of food. The Larder is not driven by nostalgia. Reading such a collection of essays may not encourage food metaphors. "It's not a feast, not a gumbo, certainly not a home-cooked meal," Ted Ownby argues in his closing essay. Instead, it's a healthy step in the right direction, taken by the leading scholars in the field"-- Provided by publisher.

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