Food, Masculinities, and Home: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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Long-held associations between women, home, food, and cooking are beginning to unravel as, in a growing number of households, men are taking on food and cooking responsibilities. At the same time, men's public foodwork continues to gain attention in the media and popular culture. The first of its kind, Food, Masculinities, and Home focuses specifically on food in relation to how homemaking practices shape masculine identities and transform meanings of "home". The international, multidisciplinary contributors explore questions including how food practices shape masculinity and notions of home, and vice versa; the extent to which this gender shift challenges existing gender hierarchies; and how masculinities are being reshaped by the growing presence of men in kitchens and food-focused spaces. With ever-growing interest in both food and gender studies, this is a must-read for students and researchers in food studies, gender studies, cultural studies, sociology, geography, anthropology, and related fields. Title page Copyright page Contents List of figures and tables List of contributors Series preface: Why home? Introduction Why this book? Food, gender, and home in the literature Theoretical considerations Methodology Overview of chapters Summary: The intersections of food, masculinities, and home Limitations and future research directions Notes References Section One The production of “masculinity” and “home” through food: Empirical studies of masculinity and home cooking Chapter 1 Cooking up manliness: A practice-based approach to men’s at-home cooking and attitudes using time-use diary data Introduction Material and methods Toward a conceptualization of cooking Methods Results Cooking from a life-course perspective Conclusion Acknowledgments Note References Chapter 2 “Women have a gift for cooking”: Israeli male teachers’ view of domestic cookery Introduction Masculinity in Israel Gender and foodwork in the literature Methodology Findings Home cooking as an option Home cooking as “meant for men” Home cooking as a traditionally feminine duty and skill Conclusion References Chapter 3 Transnational domestic masculinity: Japanese men’s home cooking in Australia Introduction Method Contextualizing “domestic masculinities”/“masculine domesticities” in a transnational social space Work arrangements Social expectations Conclusion References Chapter 4 Stumbling in the kitchen: Exploring masculinity, Latinicity, and belonging through performative cooking Vignette 1: Preparación | Preparation Vignette 2: Making meringue Vignette 3: Bizcochuelo Vignette 4: Dulce de leche Acknowledgments References Chapter 5 From “The missus used to cook” to “Get the recipe book and get stuck into it”: Reconstructing masculinities in older men Introduction Gender order and the social construction of masculinity Influence of the Cooking for 1 or 2 program: An empirical study Study findings: Before participating in Cooking for 1 or 2 Learning to cook due to necessity: Maintaining independence or helping out “the wife” Findings from interviews after the program: Broadened masculinities The plurality of masculine scripts around food preparation Conclusion Acknowledgments References Chapter 6 Men’s foodwork in food systems: Social representations of masculinities and cooking at home Introduction Foodwork in food systems Households, homes, and gendered foodwork Social representations of men and foodwork at home Ideological social representations of men cooking at home Social representations theory and Connell’s conceptualization of multiple masculinities Conclusion Acknowledgments References Section Two Discourses of men’s and boys’ home cooking in popular culture and the media Chapter 7 Cool kids cook: Girls and boys in the foodie kitchen Introduction Foodie culture and evolving definitions of home cooking Foodie culture: Attracting children, expanding the market Constructing culinary selves Children’s culinary culture First steps: Pretend kitchens, gadgets, and culinary play From pretend kitchens to the real thing: Children’s culinary shows, cookbooks, and magazines Kid celebrity chefs: Making the most of foodie culture Growing up: Future implications of a foodie culture References Chapter 8 “Wish I was a better boy. Nothing pertikeler for tea”: Food, boyhood, and masculine appetite in nineteenth-century women’s coming-of-age novels “Smears of molasses on the sleeve of his jacket”: Boys and the ideal masculine appetite “I wish I loved my lessons as much as I do my dinner”: Alcott’s fat boys and eating shame Conclusion References Chapter 9 “If you want to, you can do it!”: Home cooking and masculinity makeover in Le Chef Contre-Attaque Gender and culinary makeovers in food television Cyril Lignac and Le Chef Contre-Attaque Crisis: “I’m sick of it!” Carnival: “We reverse the roles!” Transformation: “If you want to, you can do it” Home cooking and masculinity hierarchies References Chapter 10 Kitchen mishaps: Performances of masculine domesticity in American comedy films Food, men, and comedy Finding men’s identity in drag Muscles, food, and childcare Daddy cares, and supports his family too What’s so funny? References Chapter 11 Chefs at home? Masculinities on offer in celebrity chef cookbooks Introduction Theorizing celebrity, food, and masculinity Analyzing cookbooks Men celebrity chefs’ personas: Domestic connections Conclusion: Establishing space for domestic masculinities? Notes References Cookbook references Chapter 12 “Don’t try this at home”: Men on TV, women in the kitchen Introduction Cooking up ideology Men on TV, women in the kitchen Don’t try this at home Conclusion References Index