Alimentary Performances - Mimesis, Theatricality, and Cuisine

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

About the author

Kristin Hunt is an Assistant Professor of Film, Dance, and Theatre at Arizona State University, USA.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Kristin Hunt, Kristin (Notheastern Illinois University Hunt
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.06.2018
• EAN: 9781138569690
• ISBN: 978-1-138-56969-0
• No. of pages: 162
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; 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