Beschreibung:
Interpreting South Asian and diasporic texts, Parama Roy argues that who eats and with whom, who starves, and what is rejected as food are questions fundamental to empire, decolonization, and globalization.
AcknoledgmentsIntroduction1. Disgust: Food, Filth, and Anglo-Indian Flesh in 18572. Abstinence: Manifestos on Meat and Masculinity3. Dearth: Figures of FamineAppetite: Spices ReduxRemains: A CodaNotesSelected BibliographyIndex