Critical Studies in Food and Culture

Critical Studies in Food and Culture Blog posts information of interest to researchers investigating food and cultural studies, as well as the critical analysis of eating practices and broader cultures of consumption.

Wednesday, May 02, 2012

CSFC Event: Eat, Dwell, Orient: Asian / American Food Networks

The Critical Studies in Food and Culture Research Cluster Presents “Eat, Dwell, Orient: Asian / American Food Networks” a talk by Dr. Anita Mannur Assistant Professor of English and Asian American Studies Miami University, Ohio Dr. Mannur will present her work on food blogging, gender and race on the internet, and the construction of white femininity through and against brown bodies and Asian cuisine, as found in Julie Powell’s Julie and Julia, and Nani Power’s Ginger and Ganesh. THURSDAY May 3rd 12-2p ANDREWS CONFERENCE ROOM – 2203 Social Sciences & Humanities University of California, Davis

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Critical Studies in Food and Culture (CSFC) is a research cluster sponsored by the Davis Humanities Institute and the American Studies Department at the University of California, Davis. It aims to support and share the work of Faculty and Graduate Student researchers investigating the intersections of food and cultural studies, as well as the critical analysis of eating practices and the broader cultures of consumption.

• University of California, Davis


• Davis Humanities Institute


• American Studies Department


• Graduate Program in Cultural Studies


• Food and Culture Texts: Some New Books at the University Library, UC Davis


• Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science

Food and Culture Links

• Culinary Historians of Northern California


• Association for the Study of Food and Society


• Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture