Alimentary Performances: Mimesis, Theatricality, and Cuisine / Edition 1

by Kristin Hunt

Overview

Alimentary Performances traces the origins and implications of food as a mimetic medium, used to imitate, represent, and assume a role in both theatrical and broader performance situations. This is an essential study for anyone interested in the intersections between food, theatre, and performance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138569706
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/08/2018
Series:	Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies Series
Pages:	172
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kristin Hunt is an Assistant Professor of Film, Dance, and Theatre at Arizona State University, USA.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Food, Mimesis, and Meaning

Chapter 2: The Foundations of Contemporary Mimetic Gastronomy

Chapter 3: What’s Next: Chicago’s Culture of Culinary Representation

Chapter 4: Eating a Way into House and Home: Alimentary Performance as Resistant Strategy

Chapter 5: The Proof is in the Eating: Mimesis, Participation, and Embodied Knowledge