Culinary Entertainment, Creative Labor, and the Reterritorialization of White Masculinity

This article explores popular cultural themes of masculinity and mobility in the context of postracial and "end of men" discourses. Our attention is focused on sites of everyday culture, taking note of the tropes by which white male authority is fantastically recuperated through culinary e...

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Published inJCMS : Journal of cinema and media studies Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 112 - 133
Main Authors Negra, Diane, Tasker, Yvonne
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Texas Press 22.09.2019
Michigan Publishing
University of Texas at Austin (University of Texas Press)
University of Michigan Press
Subjects
Book publishing
Cable television broadcasting industry
Cooks
Masculinity
Mediation
Social aspects
Tasker, Yvonne
Louisiana
New York
United Kingdom
United States
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Summary:This article explores popular cultural themes of masculinity and mobility in the context of postracial and "end of men" discourses. Our attention is focused on sites of everyday culture, taking note of the tropes by which white male authority is fantastically recuperated through culinary entertainment. We read films such as Chef (Jon Favreau, 2014) and television reality series such as Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network, 2007–present) as sites of a reterritorialization of white masculinity, exploring the nostalgic resonance of the road trip and fantasies of mobility and plenty in a sociocultural context of privation and inequality.
ISSN:2578-4900
2578-4919
2578-4919
DOI:10.1353/cj.2019.0061