Title of Presentation
“I been hungrier than this”: Food Finances in Slaughterhouse-Five
Moderator
Casey Cothran, Winthrop University
Panel Title
Sharing or Selling? The Values and Costs of Food in Literature and Culture
Start Date
22-2-2019 11:10 AM
Session Number
Session III
Description
This project investigates the role of food in a canonical American novel, Slaughterhouse-Five, ultimately concluding that food is used as currency and a display of power over those without food.
Keywords
Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five, food, economy, power
COinS
Feb 22nd, 11:10 AM
Feb 22nd, 12:25 PM
“I been hungrier than this”: Food Finances in Slaughterhouse-Five
This project investigates the role of food in a canonical American novel, Slaughterhouse-Five, ultimately concluding that food is used as currency and a display of power over those without food.
Your Title/College/Department/Program
(No Title) John D. Kroft / WU College of Arts and Sciences / English department / literature and language