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.comAlso 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 -----Subject: recommendations for work on food and cultural identityDate: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 14:00:28 -0800Hello 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, PhDAssociate Professor of PhilosophyFaculty Assessment Coordinator, School of Arts & HumanitiesGeneral Education Assessment CoordinatorCalifornia State University, Bakersfield9001 Stockdale HighwayBakersfield, CA 93311Office: (661) 654-6829Fax: (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
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