Rhetoric Review Jul 2022 Open Access

Food, Feminist Rhetorical Studies, and Conservative Women: The Case of Elizabeth David

Richard Vytniorgu University of Exeter

Abstract

This article argues for the importance of British food writer Elizabeth David (1913-1992) in questioning the centrality of power in feminist rhetorical studies and thereby furthering our capacity to understand the diversity of conservative women and their rhetorical projects. The article analyzes David's pathos in her landmark volume of gastronomical essays, An Omelette and a Glass of Wine (1986), and shows how this rhetoric develops a conservative "political culture" which privileges human motivations within food cultures that move beyond the negotiation of power.

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Rhetoric Review
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2022-07-03
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10.1080/07350198.2022.2077035
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