Food Media by Signe Rousseau
Exploring the rise of the celebrity chef and covering key figures such as Jamie Oliver and Rachael Ray as well as popular concepts like foodies, food porn and fetishism, Food Media highlights how the intersections between celebrity culture and food media influence everyday food choices.
The chef has became a famous face, often emblazoned on television in different guises, often a prolific author of cookbooks and increasingly a “celebrity” in his own right.. This book takes a look at the development (for better or for worse) of the chef as a public celebrity... The author has carefully and cleverly mixed up many opinions, explanations and a lot of engaging information into a fairly broad, interesting read with the skill and dexterity of a master chef. Whilst this is an academically-biased book with a lot of footnotes, bibliographical references and a detailed index, it still manages to be relatively accessible to the general reader who wants a good, thought provoking read as well. * Yum.fi *
Signe Rousseau teaches critical literacy at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She is a contributing author to The Business of Food: Encyclopaedia of the Food and Drink Industry; Food Cultures of the World; Icons of American Cooking; The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, and A Cultural History of Food, Volume 6: The Modern Age (Berg, 2011)
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857850539 |
| ISBN 10 | 0857850539 |
| Title | Food Media |
| Author | Signe Rousseau |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2012-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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