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Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian - Essays on Food Choice, Identity, and Symbolism (Hardcover)
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Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian - Essays on Food Choice, Identity, and Symbolism (Hardcover)
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In Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian: Essays on Food Choice, Identity,
and Symbolism, Michael Owen Jones tackles topics often overlooked
in foodways. At the outset he notes it was Victor Frankenstein's
"daemon" in Mary Shelley's novel that advocated vegetarianism, not
the scientist whose name has long been attributed to his creature.
Jones explains how we communicate through what we eat, the
connection between food choice and who we are or want to appear to
be, the ways that many of us self-medicate moods with foods, and
the nature of disgust. He presents fascinating case studies of
religious bigotry and political machinations triggered by rumored
bans on pork, the last meal requests of prisoners about to be
executed, and the Utopian vision of Percy Bysshe Shelley, one of
England's greatest poets, that was based on a vegetable diet like
the creature's meals in Frankenstein. Jones also scrutinizes how
food is used and abused on the campaign trail, how gender issues
arise when food meets politics, and how eating preferences reflect
the personalities and values of politicians, one of whom was
elected president and then impeached twice. Throughout the book,
Jones deals with food as symbol as well as analyzes the link
between food choice and multiple identities. Aesthetics, morality,
and politics likewise loom large in his inquiries. In the final two
chapters, Jones applies these concepts to overhauling penal
policies and practices that make food part of the pains of
imprisonment, and looks at transforming the counseling of diabetes
patients, who number in the millions.
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