Event Title
The Edible Body: Food and Sex as Pleasure, Disorder, and Commodity
Presentation Type
Poster/Portfolio
Presenter Major(s)
Women and Gender Studies, Writing
Mentor Information
Kathleen Blumreich, blumreik@gvsu.edu
Department
English
Location
Kirkhof Center KC13
Start Date
13-4-2011 1:00 PM
End Date
13-4-2011 2:00 PM
Keywords
Creativity/ Innovation, Culture, Environment, Gender, Human Journey, Social Science, U.S. Diversity
Abstract
Food and sexuality are linguistically and culturally linked, especially through society's representations and perceptions of human bodies. "The Edible Body" explores the intersectionality of food and sex, through merged or juxtaposed poems about the pleasure, disorder, and commodity of the two topics. The presentation form of poetry is used to express researched knowledge, including extensive readings and structured interviews with both food workers and sex workers, in terms of emotions and small details of individual lives, rather than merely academic statements.
The Edible Body: Food and Sex as Pleasure, Disorder, and Commodity
Kirkhof Center KC13
Food and sexuality are linguistically and culturally linked, especially through society's representations and perceptions of human bodies. "The Edible Body" explores the intersectionality of food and sex, through merged or juxtaposed poems about the pleasure, disorder, and commodity of the two topics. The presentation form of poetry is used to express researched knowledge, including extensive readings and structured interviews with both food workers and sex workers, in terms of emotions and small details of individual lives, rather than merely academic statements.