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Appel : Gastronomic dimensions of fantasy worldbuilding

Theoretical Aspects of Fantasy Literature Studies Magic Fare: Gastronomic Dimensions of Fantasy Worldbuilding

15-16 Janvier 2025, Kyiv Ukraine (Online)
Date limite de soumission : 20 Décembre 2024, 10h.

“Anyone, then, who has tasted fairy fruit walks through life beside other people to a different tune from theirs.Hope” Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-Mist

Fantasy worlds are inhabited by beings that need sustenance. In these imaginary realms, food and drink not only nourish but also transform their consumers, while those who partake of them, in turn, alter their worlds through the magic of what they consume. Whether it is waybread from Middle-earth, fairy fruit that the river carries from Fairyland, or a mug of camra, food and drink serve as a tangible dialogue between the world and its inhabitants. The corresponding process of initiation and transformation involves both the one who consumes and the one who provides. Within the context of imaginary worlds and magic systems crafted by their authors, magic fare presents a spectrum of meanings. It engages corporeality, manifests in various forms of the sacred and the profane, problematises the act of consumption, and often presents cooking as an act of creation.

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Appel à communications : À la table de la bande dessinée. Récits graphiques des cultures alimentaires d’hier et d’aujourd’hui (Tours)

 

 

 

À la table de la bande dessinée. Récits graphiques des cultures alimentaires d’hier et d’aujourd’hui

5 décembre 2025

Université de Tours

15e Colloque de l’Institut Européen d’Histoire et des Cultures de l’Alimentation

Date d’échéance : 28 février 2025

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L’intérêt des publics pour la gastronomie et les questions liées à l’alimentation ou aux arts culinaires trouve, au cours du dernier demi-siècle, un écho croissant dans l’univers de la bande dessinée qui a dans le même temps largement débordé les espaces des cultures de la jeunesse pour s’affirmer et être reconnu comme un champ culturel à part entière. D’abord élément de décor, le plus souvent inspiré par une iconographie classique, les thèmes alimentaires y ont servi, à l’instar de leurs usages littéraires à caractériser les personnages, à évoquer certains traits culturels, à véhiculer normes et valeurs associées à l’alimentation ou encore à représenter de façon frappante, dès l’album Der Struwwelpeter de Heinrich Hoffman (1844) ou encore dans Hungry Henrietta (1905) et Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (1904-1925) de Winsor McCay (1905-1912), les effets de l’ingestion sur les corps. Le sanglier rôti d’Obélix, le banquet villageois en clôture récurrente des albums d’Astérix ou encore les évocations des patrimoines alimentaires qui parsèment les voyages de nombre de personnages de bandes dessinées jouent un rôle notable dans leur économie morale tout en donnant de la chair aux univers imaginaires qui les accueillent. Continuer la lecture de Appel à communications : À la table de la bande dessinée. Récits graphiques des cultures alimentaires d’hier et d’aujourd’hui (Tours)

Call for papers : Small Screen Food: American Identity Through a Culinary Televisual Lens

Proposals (500 words): March 15, 2024
Completed Chapters (7,000 words): August 15, 2024

Salman Rushdie characterized the serial television show “as the novelistic medium of the 21st century,” signifying its emerging importance and elevating its status to a realm traditionally occupied by novels. This shift, propelled by technological advancements and new patterns in media consumption like streaming and binge-watching, highlights televisions’ artistic and cultural importance. Rushdie’s view acknowledges television series as valuable cultural artifacts of considerable artistic depth and cultural weight.

Small Screen Food invites scholars in a variety of fields to contribute to an interdisciplinary volume of essays examining the art of serial television. In Television Studies, scholars engage in a nuanced examination of television as a unique cultural medium. This field goes beyond mere content analysis, employing diverse methodologies to probe television’s influence on societal narratives, cultural norms, and individual identities. Scholars in television studies explore television’s reflection and influence on cultural and social values, considering its role in shaping public consciousness and serving as a platform for ideological discourse. Within this scope, the portrayal of food on small screen reveals myriad ways culinary representations in television series both mirror and shape cultural identities and social dynamics. Rushdie’s comparison of TV series to novels opens pathways for Literary Studies to use the analytical tools and theories of the field to interrogate the genre as long form fiction, giving attention to narrative strategies and structures. This volume also intersects intentionally with the field of food studies, a discipline that delves into the complex interplay between food, culture, and identity. This field of scholarly inquiry examines how food practices and preferences transcend mere sustenance, serving as carriers of cultural heritage, expressions of social status, ethical beliefs, and personal values/ideological commitments. Investigating these aspects, food studies scholars investigate food as a potent symbol of both personal identity formation and cultural expression.

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