Racial Indigestion
Author | : Kyla Wazana Tompkins |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2012-07-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780814770023 |
ISBN-13 | : 0814770029 |
Rating | : 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Racial Indigestion by : Kyla Wazana Tompkins
Download or read book Racial Indigestion written by Kyla Wazana Tompkins and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores links between food, visual & literary culture in 19th century USA to reveal how eating produces political subjects by justifying social discourses that create bodily meaning. Combing through visually stunning & rare archives, it tells the story of the consolidation of nationalist mythologies of whiteness via erotic politics of consumption.