Appetites and anxieties :
Baron, Cynthia.
Appetites and anxieties : food, film, and the politics of representation / Cynthia Baron, Diane Carson, Mark Bernard. - 1 online resource (346 pages) : illustrations. - Contemporary approaches to film and media series .
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.
9780814338056 (e-book)
Food in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--Social aspects.
Documentary films--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PN1995.9.F65 / B38 2014
791.43/6564
Appetites and anxieties : food, film, and the politics of representation / Cynthia Baron, Diane Carson, Mark Bernard. - 1 online resource (346 pages) : illustrations. - Contemporary approaches to film and media series .
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.
9780814338056 (e-book)
Food in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--Social aspects.
Documentary films--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PN1995.9.F65 / B38 2014
791.43/6564