| Description |
1 online resource (278 pages) |
| Contents |
Front cover; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT: Food and Cultural Identity; CHAPTER 2. "HAVE YOU BEEN A GOOD GIRL?": Manners and Mores at Teatime; CHAPTER 3. SWEET DREAMS AND FOOD FETISHES; CHAPTER 4. THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY: Representing the Mother; CHAPTER 5. THE WICKED WITCH: A Pathological Image of Mother; CHAPTER 6. HAIRY ON THE INSIDE: From Cannibals to Pedophiles; CHAPTER 7. THE AGE OF DISGUST: Rude Books for Rude Boys; CHAPTER 8. DISORDERLY EATING: A Taste for Control; AFTERWORD; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; Back cover |
| Summary |
Exploring the way food is used to seduce, and coerce within children's literature, and its readers, this book tackles questions concerning the quantity and quality of the food featured in children's fiction. It coves topics such as childhood obesity and anorexia, and demonstrates how this literature attempts to regulate childhood eating practices |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203959756 |
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0203959752 |
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