College English, Vol. 70, No. 4, March 2008

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• From the Editor

  John Schilb

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• Consuming Prose: The Delectable Rhetoric of Food Writing

  Lynn Z. Bloom

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  Abstract: The author surveys various characteristics of contemporary food writing, identifying not only technical features but ways in which such texts shape and invite certain kinds of reader response.

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• Food Memoirs: What They Are, Why They Are Popular, and Why They Belong in the Literature Classroom

  Barbara Frey Waxman

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  Abstract: Through analyzing specific examples, the author identifies recurring themes of the genre known as the food memoir, calling attention in particular to its value as multicultural literature.

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• Good, Clean, Fair: The Rhetoric of the Slow Food Movement

  Stephen Schneider

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  Abstract: The author examines the history and rhetoric of the Slow Food movement, relating it in particular to protests against globalization.

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• The Organic Foods System: Its Discursive Achievements and Prospects

  David M. Nowacek and Rebecca S. Nowacek

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  Abstract: The authors survey the history of struggles over the meaning of organic, emphasizing how these have involved associations that function as activity systems.

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• Books That Cook: Teaching Food and Food Literature in the English Classroom

  Jennifer Cognard-Black and Melissa A. Goldthwaite

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  Abstract: The authors report their experiences teaching courses on food and food literature, arguing that these subjects have yet to be sufficiently appreciated as genuinely intellectual.

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• Announcements and Calls for Papers

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