Food and Masculinity in Contemporary Autobiographies

• Examines the tight association between food and the autobiographical impulse
  
  • Examines the performative capability of autobiography
  • Reviews the genre of masculine food autobiographies from the 1980s to the present
  • Reanimates the old debate on the connections between gender and genre
  • Addresses the relation between domestic and professional cooking

Examines the tight association between food and the autobiographical impulse Examines the performative capability of autobiography Reviews the genre of masculine food autobiographies from the 1980s to the present Reanimates the old debate on the connections between gender and genre Addresses the relation between domestic and professional cooking

Autorentext

Nieves Pascual Soler teaches literature at Jaen University, Spain. Her research interests include cultural studies, feminism, and food. Recently she has co-edited Rethinking Chicana/o Literature through Food (*2013) and *Traces of Aging (2016). Her work has appeared in Journal of Intercultural Studies; Food, Culture and Society and Latin American Research Review.

Inhalt

1. Food in Autobiographies Written by Men.- 2. Authentic Chef-Heroes.- 3. The Cook-as-Criminal Autobiography.- 4. Hunting Chefs.- 5. Conclusion.