Secret Ingredients Race, Gender, and Class at the Dinner Table
A series of fascinating chapters analyze cookery books through the ages. From the convenience-food cookbooks of the 1950s, to the 1980s rise in 'white trash' cookbooks, and the surprise success of the Two Fat Ladies books from the 1990s, leading author Sherrie Inness discusses how women have used such books over the years to protest social norms.
GenresSocial ScienceGender StudiesMedia StudiesAnthropologyCultural & SocialHistory
246 pages
English edition · First published 2015 by Palgrave Macmillan US · ISBN 9781349531646
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