Carnal Appetites
In Carnal Appetites, Elspeth Probyn charts the explosion of interest in food - from the cults that spring up around celebrity chefs, to our love/hate relationship with fast food, our fetishization of food and sex, and the impact of our modes of consumption on our identities. ''You are what you eat'' the saying goes, but is the tenet truer than ever? As the range of food options proliferates in the...
In Carnal Appetites, Elspeth Probyn charts the explosion of interest in food - from the cults that spring up around celebrity chefs, to our love/hate relationship with fast food, our fetishization of food and sex, and the impact of our modes of consumption on our identities. ''You are what you eat'' the saying goes, but is the tenet truer than ever? As the range of food options proliferates in the...
