Chang, Ya-hui Irenna. How What You Eat Defines Who You Are: The Food Theme in Four American Women Writers. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2008. 192.
Chang argues how minority women writers are only representing minority women in their texts by using their personal experiences and providing assumptions/stereotypes for all women. Besides bringing in other texts from authors and comparing them to each other, she also addresses food in relation to identity in many different aspects. This is beneficial to my research because she talks about food and identity for men, women, and children and which roles they tend to play in a household. What is most important to me is the relationship between food and women.
Costa, Temra. Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat. 1st. Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2010. 223.
This book argues how women are creating this “delicious revolution” since they are the ones who promote change in what we eat and how we farm in the United States. Women are the ones behind this so called revolution, because they have been the ones holding the traditional title of housework including food planning and preparation. The author talks about certain women who have done something in order to promote healthier eating, and how they changed certain aspects of food production. There are also facts about what and how many women contribute to our eating habits. This is useful to my research because the whole book focuses on women and how they have such an impact on eating lifestyles, and the way to healthier diets.
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