Comments on: Rhetoric and Food for Thought http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/2009/08/08/rhetoric-and-food-for-thought/ Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:21:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: b e n m c c o r k l e http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/2009/08/08/rhetoric-and-food-for-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-4471 b e n m c c o r k l e Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:58:07 +0000 http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/?p=1165#comment-4471 ooh! a kairotic moment? <b><a href="http://rsa.cwrl.utexas.edu/node/3057" rel="nofollow">Call for Proposals</b></a> Food Theory Pre/Text A Journal of Rhetorical Theory (http://www.pre-text.com/pt/) Guest Editors Jeff Rice and Jenny Rice <blockquote>Nourish. Taste. Cultivate. These are terms familiar to writing and rhetorical studies as descriptions of writing. They are also terms relevant to food. In our current state of mass media (TV, the Internet, film, radio) the conflation of composing and food consumption has become de facto. Roland Barthes once wrote that “the Author is thought to nourish the book.” Indeed, food production has become a type of rhetorical exercise: Anthony Bourdain adventures around the world, chefs compete against one another on cable television, while Michael Pollan and films like Food Inc. and Supersize Me warn us of the problematic global practices inherent in corporate foods.</blockquote> ooh! a kairotic moment?

Call for Proposals
Food Theory
Pre/Text A Journal of Rhetorical Theory (http://www.pre-text.com/pt/)
Guest Editors Jeff Rice and Jenny Rice

Nourish. Taste. Cultivate. These are terms familiar to writing and rhetorical studies as descriptions of writing. They are also terms relevant to food. In our current state of mass media (TV, the Internet, film, radio) the conflation of composing and food consumption has become de facto. Roland Barthes once wrote that “the Author is thought to nourish the book.” Indeed, food production has become a type of rhetorical exercise: Anthony Bourdain adventures around the world, chefs compete against one another on cable television, while Michael Pollan and films like Food Inc. and Supersize Me warn us of the problematic global practices inherent in corporate foods.

]]> By: Kaitlin http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/2009/08/08/rhetoric-and-food-for-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-4446 Kaitlin Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:01:18 +0000 http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/?p=1165#comment-4446 There's also <a href="http://www.american.com/archive/2009/july/the-omnivore2019s-delusion-against-the-agri-intellectuals" rel="nofollow">this article</a> that makes some interesting points. For instance, if we're using corn to make ethanol, is it really necessary that it be grown organically? Interesting, interesting. . . There’s also this article that makes some interesting points. For instance, if we’re using corn to make ethanol, is it really necessary that it be grown organically?

Interesting, interesting. . .

]]> By: b e n m c c o r k l e http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/2009/08/08/rhetoric-and-food-for-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-4441 b e n m c c o r k l e Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:51:07 +0000 http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/?p=1165#comment-4441 FWIW, <i><a href="http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/ajcn.2009.28041v1" rel="nofollow">the american journal of clinical nutrition</a></i> just released a study calling into question the nutritional value of organic foods over non-organics. of course, nutrition is but one of the purported benefits of organic food, but a much-touted one... i wonder what effect, if any, this will have on product labeling, branding, etc. of organic foods. FWIW, the american journal of clinical nutrition just released a study calling into question the nutritional value of organic foods over non-organics. of course, nutrition is but one of the purported benefits of organic food, but a much-touted one… i wonder what effect, if any, this will have on product labeling, branding, etc. of organic foods.

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