How Long to Read Aesthetic Pleasure in Twentieth-Century Women's Food Writing

How Long Does it Take to Read Aesthetic Pleasure in Twentieth-Century Women's Food Writing?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 51 minutes to read Aesthetic Pleasure in Twentieth-Century Women's Food Writing by Alice McLean

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book explores the aesthetic pleasures of eating and writing in the lives of M. F. K. Fisher (1908-1992), Alice B. Toklas (1877-1967), and Elizabeth David (1913-1992). Growing up during a time when women's food writing was largely limited to the domestic cookbook, which helped to codify the guidelines of middle class domesticity, Fisher, Toklas, and David claimed the pleasures of gastronomy previously reserved for men. Articulating a language through which female desire is artfully and publicly sated, Fisher, Toklas, and David expanded women’s food writing beyond the domestic realm by pioneering forms of self-expression that celebrate female appetite for pleasure and for culinary adventure. In so doing, they illuminate the power of genre-bending food writing to transgress and reconfigure conventional gender ideologies. For these women, food encouraged a sensory engagement with their environment and a physical receptivity toward pleasure that engendered their creative aesthetic.

How long is Aesthetic Pleasure in Twentieth-Century Women's Food Writing?

Aesthetic Pleasure in Twentieth-Century Women's Food Writing by Alice McLean is 226 pages long, and a total of 57,856 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Aesthetic Pleasure in Twentieth-Century Women's Food Writing Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 16 minutes to read Aesthetic Pleasure in Twentieth-Century Women's Food Writing aloud.

What Reading Level is Aesthetic Pleasure in Twentieth-Century Women's Food Writing?

Aesthetic Pleasure in Twentieth-Century Women's Food Writing is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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