Word of Mouth

Food and Fiction After Freud
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-415-93850-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory

An examination of the importance of oral experience as reflected in literature, Word of Mouth extends psychoanalytic theory as forwarded by Freud, Karl Abraham, Melanie Klein, and Julia Kristeva. The meaning of oral experience is explored with reference to several texts, looking at the oral bond between mother and child in Proust and questions of disordered eating, raised by aggressive orality, found in Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Throughout, the author draws forth the myriad expressions relating the desires and dramas of the mouth, its pervasive pleasures and its dreads.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Skubal, Susanne M

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Chapter 1 Repast: Mother, Identity, and Memory; Chapter 2 Consuming Culture: The Linguistics of Location; Chapter 3 Lesser Crimes: Anorexia’s Plea; Chapter 4 It Goes Without Saying: Oral Aggression and Its Mutterings; afterword Afterword;

Über Autor(innen)

Susanne Skubal