Gourmands and Gluttons: The Rhetoric of Food Excess

From �supersizing it� to hoarding, we are living in an age of excess.Whether it is cars or housing, American culture is being driven by the old adage that �bigger is better�. Yet, although we often overlook it, nowhere is this rhetoric of excess more on display than within our food discourses.While many would argue that the gourmand vanished from society at the end of the 19th century, this book contends that both the gourmand and its counterpart, the glutton, have moved beyond their historic roots to become cultural personae found throughout contemporary media and popular culture.Utilizing texts ranging from the Slow Food Movement to �food porn� as a cornucopia of visual fantasies, this book maintains that today the gourmand and the glutton have come to epitomize a rhetoric of excess far beyond the realm of food. Additional ISBNs 9781433122248, 9781453914632, 1433122243, 1453914633Gourmands and Gluttons: The Rhetoric of Food Excess 1st Edition is written by Carlnita P. Greene and published by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers. ISBNs for Gourmands and Gluttons are 9781454199632, 1454199636 and the print ISBNs are 9781433122248, 1433122243. Additional ISBNs include 1433122243, 1453914633, 9781433122248, 9781453914632.