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Appetites and anxieties : food, film, and the politics of representation / Cynthia Baron, Diane Carson, Mark Bernard

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Contemporary approaches to film and media seriesPublication details: Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, 2013.Description: viii, 334 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780814334317 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43/6564 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.F65 B38 2013
Contents:
Introduction: the cultural and material politics of food -- Representations in film -- Foodways as an ideological approach -- Food and film industries: a filter for the food we see in films -- Foodways syntax: utopian films' use of food to create community -- Foodways structured to convey disorder and dysfunction -- When humans are the food product: an ideological look at cannibal films -- Food as threat and promise: genre and auteur analysis -- Foodways in documentary films: consumer society in a wider frame -- The politics surrounding documentaries' depiction of foodways -- Food as a window into personal and cultural politics.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 791.436564 BA AP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0050016
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791.43655 SC RE Scream 791.43655 VI CE Vice 791.436553 BR EN Environmental ethics and film 791.436564 BA AP Appetites and anxieties : 791.43658 KH FI Filming the modern Middle East : 791.437 CO FI The film experience : 791.4372 BA PU Pulp fiction :

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.

Introduction: the cultural and material politics of food -- Representations in film -- Foodways as an ideological approach -- Food and film industries: a filter for the food we see in films -- Foodways syntax: utopian films' use of food to create community -- Foodways structured to convey disorder and dysfunction -- When humans are the food product: an ideological look at cannibal films -- Food as threat and promise: genre and auteur analysis -- Foodways in documentary films: consumer society in a wider frame -- The politics surrounding documentaries' depiction of foodways -- Food as a window into personal and cultural politics.

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