Food and media : practices, distinctions and heterotopias / edited by Jonatan Leer and Karen Klitgaard Povlsen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Good fare and welfare : perceptions of American and French food in postwar cookbooks / Caroline Nyvang -- Transcultural food and recipes for immigration / Susanna Moodie and Cathrine Parr Traill -- Just a happy housewife? : Michelle Obama, food activism and (African-)American womanhood / Katrine Meldgaard Kj�r -- "The worst mum in Britain" : class, gender and caring in the campaigning culinary documentary / Joanne Hollows -- Manning the table : masculinity and weight loss in U.S. commercials / Fabio Parasecoli -- Homosocial heterotopias and masculine escapism in TV-cooking shows / Jonathan Leer -- "I (never) just google" : media and food practices / Karen Klitgaard Povlsen -- Everyday mothering and the media food "soup" : comparing contested food and mothering across genres in two different social contexts / Bente Halkier -- Food across media : popular food contents among children in Germany / Susanne Eichner -- Children cooking media food : exploring media (food) literacy through experimental methods / Stinne Gunder Str�m Krogager -- Epilogue : politics and the future of food and media / Kathleen LeBesco and Peter Naccarato.