Cuisine and Symbolic Capital : Food in Film and Literature

This Collection Of Interdisciplinary Essays Examines Food As It Mediates Social Relationships And Self-presentation In A Variety Of International Films And Literature. Authors Explore The Ways That Making, Eating And Thinking About Food Reveals Culture. In Doing So The Essays Highlight How Food And Foodways Become A Type Of Symbolic Capital, Which Influences The Larger Concern Of Cultural Identity. Essays Are Organized Into Three Central Themes: Culinary Translations Of Identity: From Britain To China; Food As Metaphor In Contemporary German Writing; And Love, Feasting And The Symbolic Power Of Food In French Writing. Each Essay Investigates The Uses Of Food As A Way To Apprehend Cultural Meaning. The Essays Presented Provide Theoretical Templates For The Study Of Food In A Wide Range Of International Film And Literature,