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scope of the book and that drugs might or might not, depending on the
specific topic--DMF]

Edible Ideologies: Representing Food and Meaning

CALL FOR PAPERS

We seek submissions for an interdisciplinary collection devoted to the
examination of how representations (literary, filmic, artistic, etc.) of
food and foodways serve as vehicles for the transmission of ideologies
about gender, sex, race, class, age, ethnicity, disability, and a host of
other identity constructs. Essays that provide a comparative analysis of
multiple representations are preferred to those that examine just one text,
although the latter will be considered. All submissions should go beyond a
mere "close read" to discuss the social and political context and
implications of the meaning of the representations.

Possible topics for consideration include:
    * The politics of class, race and/or ethnicity as represented in
dietary practices or rituals;
    * The enforcement or resistance to religious ideologies and/or codes of
morality through food;
    * Food practices that challenge dominant ideologies and/or cultural
practice (i.e., cannibalism);
    * Food-related texts (i.e., culinary magazines, cookbooks, food-related
television shows) that reinforce or resist dominant ideologies, including
normative ideologies of sex and gender;
    * Literary, filmic and/or artistic representations of contemporary
debates about food and foodways (i.e., genetic modification of food, the
raw food movement, vegetarianism, organic food, etc.).

We encourage contributions from a variety of fields, including (but not
limited to) Art, Art History, Communication, Comparative Literature,
English, Film or Cinema Studies, History, Media Studies, Musicology,
Sociology, Theater, and Women's Studies. Submissions should not be under
review elsewhere, nor should they have been previously published.

Essays should be approximately 5000-6000 words in length and should adhere
to the Chicago Manual of Style. Please send completed essays as MSWord
attachment to both of the editors at the e-mail address shown below and
[log in to unmask] by June 1, 2005. Expressions of interest prior to the
deadline are encouraged.

About the Editors: Kathleen LeBesco is Associate Professor of Communication
Arts at Marymount Manhattan College. Peter Naccarato is Assistant Professor
of English at Marymount Manhattan College.

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  Katie LeBesco, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Communication Arts
Marymount Manhattan College
221 East 71st St.
New York, NY 10021

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