Moderator

Anna Igou, Winthrop University

Panel Title

Food and Culture in a Global Context

Start Date

22-2-2019 2:00 PM

Location

Withers 113

Session Number

Session IV

Description

A paper presentation discussing representations of Eastern (particularly Indian) food in selected works of Victorian fiction and in selected Victorian cookbooks. These representations are analyzed on the basis of Gothic fear, related to xenophobia, and also in relation to conceptions of the exotic. However, this paper also explores how Indian food and culture actually became fundamental to Victorian cuisine.

Keywords

Gothic, Victorian, Eastern Food

Your Title/College/Department/Program

Associate Professor, Methodist University, Department of English

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Fusion is Appropriation: Gothic Fear in Representations of Eastern Food in Victorian Literature

Withers 113

A paper presentation discussing representations of Eastern (particularly Indian) food in selected works of Victorian fiction and in selected Victorian cookbooks. These representations are analyzed on the basis of Gothic fear, related to xenophobia, and also in relation to conceptions of the exotic. However, this paper also explores how Indian food and culture actually became fundamental to Victorian cuisine.