{"product_id":"season-to-taste-rewriting-kitchen-space-in-contemporary-womens-food-memoirs-paperback","title":"Season to Taste: Rewriting Kitchen Space in Contemporary Women's Food Memoirs - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCaroline J. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 2000 and 2010, many contemporary US-American women writers were returning to the private space of the kitchen, writing about their experiences in that space and then publishing their memoirs for the larger public to consume. \u003ci\u003eSeason to Taste: Rewriting Kitchen Space in Contemporary Women's Food Memoirs\u003c\/i\u003e explores women's food memoirs with recipes in order to consider the ways in which these women are rewriting this kitchen space and renegotiating their relationships with food. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaroline J. Smith begins the book with a historical overview of how the space of the kitchen, and the expectations of women associated with it, have shifted considerably since the 1960s. \u003ci\u003eBetter Homes and Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the discourse of the second-wave feminist movement, tended to depict the space as a place of imprisonment. The contemporary popular writers examined in \u003ci\u003eSeason to Taste\u003c\/i\u003e, such as Ruth Reichl, Kim Sun馥, Jocelyn Delk Adams, Julie Powell, and Molly Wizenberg, respond to this characterization by instead presenting the kitchen as a place of transformation. In their memoirs and recipes, these authors reinterpret their roles within the private sphere of the home as well as the public sphere of the world of publishing (whether print or digital publication). The authors examined here explode the divide of private\/feminine and public\/masculine in both content and form and complicate the genres of recipe writing, diary writing, and memoir. These women writers, through the act of preparing and consuming food, encourage readers to reconsider the changing gender politics of the kitchen.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaroline J. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor in the University Writing Program at the George Washington University. She is author of \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan Culture and Consumerism in Chick Lit\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 166\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51780315349280,"sku":"9781496845627","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d4435665380fdc7decff969c1aa212a0.webp?v=1780526032","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/season-to-taste-rewriting-kitchen-space-in-contemporary-womens-food-memoirs-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}