Fed Up - Women and Food in America

Combining feminist anthropology and theory with culinary history, Catherine Manton examines the place of food in women's history, with a particular emphasis on the life and changing roles of the American woman and her self-image.

As Professor Manton makes clear the so-called epidemic of eating disorders at the turn of the twentieth century really is no accident; specific cultural/economic/political conditions make disturbed eating practically inevitable for many American women. At the same time, Manton suggests ways women with eating disturbances can heal themselves through feminist and alternative healing principles. Must reading for students and scholars of American social history, Women's Studies, and ecofeminism.

List of contents

Preface
Food Is Everyone's First Language
Woman the Provider by Elaine S. Morse
Subversion by Food Processors and Reformers
Moral Manipulation
The More We Change, The More We Stay the Same
Disturbed Eating
Healing Ourselves with Food
Transposing of the Personal and Political
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index

About the author

CATHERINE MANTON is Associate Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. In addition, she maintains a small clinical practice as a culinary healer. Professor Manton's articles have appeared in various academic journals including Trotter Institute Review and Women and Therapy.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Manton, Manton Catherine
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.1999
• EAN: 9780897896290
• ISBN: 978-0-89789-629-0
• No. of pages: 184
• Weight: 312 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, COOKING / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Anthropology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, HISTORY / Women, Cookery / food & drink etc, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Women's Studies, Cookery / food and drink / food writing