Alimentary Performances - Mimesis, Theatricality, and Cuisine

Informationen zum Autor Kristin Hunt is an Assistant Professor of Film, Dance, and Theatre at Arizona State University, USA. Klappentext Alimentary Performances traces the origins and implications of food as a mimetic medium, used to imitate, represent, and assume a role in both theatrical and broader performance situations. This is an essential study for anyone interested in the intersections between food, theatre, and performance. Zusammenfassung Alimentary Performances traces the origins and implications of food as a mimetic medium, used to imitate, represent, and assume a role in both theatrical and broader performance situations. This is an essential study for anyone interested in the intersections between food, theatre, and performance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Food, Mimesis, and Meaning Chapter 2: The Foundations of Contemporary Mimetic Gastronomy Chapter 3: What’s Next: Chicago’s Culture of Culinary Representation Chapter 4: Eating a Way into House and Home: Alimentary Performance as Resistant Strategy Chapter 5: The Proof is in the Eating: Mimesis, Participation, and Embodied Knowledge

List of contents

Chapter 1: Food, Mimesis, and Meaning
Chapter 2: The Foundations of Contemporary Mimetic Gastronomy

Chapter 3: What's Next: Chicago's Culture of Culinary Representation

Chapter 4: Eating a Way into House and Home: Alimentary Performance as Resistant Strategy

Chapter 5: The Proof is in the Eating: Mimesis, Participation, and Embodied Knowledge

Product details

• Authors: Kristin Hunt, Kristin (Arizona State University Hunt
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781138569706
• ISBN: 978-1-138-56970-6
• No. of pages: 162
• Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies; Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Anthropology, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, COOKING / Essays & Narratives, COOKING / Individual Chefs & Restaurants, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Stagecraft & Scenography, Theatre Studies, Performance Art