Through the Kitchen Window : Women Explore the Intimate Meanings of Food And Cooking

Avakian, Arlene Voski (EDT)

ISBN 10: 1845203267 / ISBN 13: 9781845203269

Published by Berg Publishers, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Through the Kitchen Window : Women Explore the Intimate Meanings of Food And Cooking
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845203267
• ISBN 13: 9781845203269
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

These days any woman knows that the sensual pleasures of food and cooking are all too often obscured by the increasing demands of careers, families, battles over body image, and the desire for a life outside the 'traditional' domain of the kitchen. With contributions by Dorothy Allison, Maya Angelou, Letty Cottin Pogrebin and Marge Piercy among others, Through the Kitchen Window offers a fresh look at food and cooking as more than the makings of a meal. For the writers in this provocative collection, food is a cultural declaration, an expression of hidden hungers, a symbol of our intimate connections to one another.Including memories of Latina, Geechee, Chinese and Indian kitchens, Through the Kitchen Window reveals everything from the painful struggles to overcome an eating disorder to the tantalizing delights of cornbread and barbecue eaten from a lover's hands, and challenges assumptions about women, food, and the true satisfaction of cooking.

About the Author

Arlene Voski Avakian is Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.