Lisa Heldke also has what I think are cool books: an older anthology, *Cooking, Eating, Thinking: Transformative Philosophies of Food*, and more recently *Exotic Appetites: Ruminations of a Food Adventurer. * On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 7:29 PM, Emanuela Bianchi <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From a more cultural studies perspective there's the excellent *Racial > Indigestion: Eating Bodies in the 19th Century* by Kyla Wazana Tompkins. > She maintains a useful site about all things pertaining to the book here: > http://racialindigestion.tumblr.com > > Also there's a great chapter in Lauren Berlant's *Cruel Optimism*, "Slow > Death (Obesity, Sovereignty, Lateral Agency)" > > More "philosophical" texts include: > > Susan Bordo, *Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body *(1993) > (A classic) > > Both of these are great too: > Doris Witt – “What (N)ever Happened to Aunt Jemima” > Cressida Heyes – “Foucault Goes to Weightwatchers” > > Hope this helps, > Emma > > > ----- Original message ----- > From: Debra Jackson9 <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: recommendations for work on food and cultural identity > Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 14:00:28 -0800 > > Hello everyone, > > I am looking for recommendations of philosophical approaches to thinking > about the relations between food and cultural identity. Thanks for your > time. > > Debra > > _____ > Debra L Jackson, PhD > Associate Professor of Philosophy > Faculty Assessment Coordinator, School of Arts & Humanities > General Education Assessment Coordinator > California State University, Bakersfield > 9001 Stockdale Highway > Bakersfield, CA 93311 > > Office: (661) 654-6829 > Fax: (661) 654-6904 > > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: write to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] or click the following link: > https://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1 > > -- > Emanuela Bianchi > > > > > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: write to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] or click the following link: > https://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1 > -- Melissa Burchard Professor of Philosophy University of North Carolina Asheville ############################ To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: https://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1