[Bilimsel Haber] CONF./CFP FOOD: REPRESENTATION, IDEOLOGY AND POLITICS

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Three-Day International Conference on
FOOD: REPRESENTATION, IDEOLOGY AND POLITICS
Department of English, Jadavpur University
Kolkata, India

The Centre for Advanced Studies, Department of English, Jadavpur  
University, Kolkata, India, is organizing a three-day international  
conference titled
Food: Representation, Ideology And Politics on 16, 17 and 18 November, 2006.

Food is a central part of our lives. However, in all cultures food has  
always represented more than just a means of survival. Sharing food,  
eating salt, breaking bread, raising a toast, picnics in the wild,  
formal dinners, all have certain ideological, political and social  
significances. Some foods are taboo, designated filthy or  
circumscribed. Some foods are endowed with holiness or endow the eater  
with purity.

Foods have also triggered colonial expansionism. The Spice Route was  
one of the earliest trade networks. Revolts and revolutions have been  
sparked by the
absence of food. Marie Antoinette'’s famous comment advising the  
peasants to eat cake began a new era in world history, while wars have  
been lost because of
hungry soldiers. Globalisation and consumer cultures have added new  
dimensions to the act of eating in restaurants and the kinds of  
cuisine available in various parts of the world, while brands like  
Kentucky Fried Chicken, Coca
Cola or Pepsi have often been the targets of anti-imperialist protests  
in India and elsewhere.

The representation of food, eating practices, last suppers, and other  
aspects of food culture has also been central to many texts.

Abstracts are invited for this seminar. They should not be longer that  
500 words and may be sent by electronic mail to the addresses given  
below or to

Food: Representation, Ideology And Politics,
CAS Coordinator,
Department of English,
Jadavpur University,
Kolkata 700 032, India

Themes may include, but are not necessarily limited to:

# Representations of Food and Eating Practices in Literature
# Cross-Cultural Exchanges in the Area of Food
# Food as a Marker in Defining Identity
# Representation of Political or Social Movements Related to Food
# Food in Popular Culture
# The Gendering of Food-Related Practices

Nilanjana Gupta         nilaguptaju_at_yahoo.com
Amlan Dasgupta          amlan04_at_gmail.com
Rimi B. Chatterjee      rimibchatterjee_at_yahoo.co.in


Dr Rimi B. Chatterjee
Lecturer
Department of English
Jadavpur University
Kolkata 700 032
Jndia

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