Description
"A leading Gothic and food scholar, Piatti-Farnell offers an insightful examination of the social and cultural anxieties that surround food. Acknowledging the centrality of eating to survival and culture, she explores how food horror undermines the normality of food by confronting us with its abject realities. Often unsettling, sometimes revolting, but always enlightening, Piatti-Farnell's analysis gives the reader a lot to chew over; food for thought for the horror fan or scholar alike. Bon Appetit." (Stacey Abbott is a Reader in Film and Television Studies at the University of Roehampton, UK. She is the author of "Undead Apocalypse: Vampires and Zombies in the 21st Century" (2016))
About the Author
Dr Lorna Piatti-Farnell is Director of the Popular Culture Research Centre at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. She is the President and Founder of the Gothic Association of New Zealand and Australia. She is the author of several books, including The Vampire in Contemporary Popular Literature (2014), and has published widely in the intersecting disciplines of Gothic studies, food studies, popular media, and cultural history.
Reviews
"[The title] would be particularly interesting for those working at the intersection of food studies, popular media, and critical theory. ... For those interested in updates to classic horror tropes, the anthology provides smart and contemporary takes on zombies and vampires." (KC Lynch, The Journal of the Fantastic in the Art, Vol. 30 (2), 2020)
Book Information
ISBN 9781137450500
Author Lorna Piatti-Farnell
Format Hardback
Page Count 276
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Series Palgrave Gothic
Weight(grams) 4753g