Intensifying Taste, Intensifying Identity: Collectivity through Community Cookbooks.

An essay is presented on the communities formed by women engaging in the collective authorship of cookbooks. Particular focus is given to the self-representation, racial and class makeup, regionality, and domestic identity of these communities. Details related to cookbooks produced by church-affilia...

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Publicado en:Signs: Journal of Women in Culture & Society Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 695 - 718
Autor principal: Ferguson, Kennan
Formato: Essay
Publicado: University of Chicago Press Spring2012
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Sumario:An essay is presented on the communities formed by women engaging in the collective authorship of cookbooks. Particular focus is given to the self-representation, racial and class makeup, regionality, and domestic identity of these communities. Details related to cookbooks produced by church-affiliated women's groups are presented. According to the author, these communities excluded some kinds of women while attempting to negotiate competing discourses of domesticity and professionalization.