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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