| Abstrakt: |
Eating is a fundamental human activity, and food has always been a necessary part of daily life. In addition to being essential for one's survival, food is inextricably linked with one's identity, belief, socioeconomic status, and culture. This article examines Jim Crace's The Devil's Larder, a cumulative novel with sixty-four collections of stories that explores how one's choices of food preferences actually impact their identity and culture in both their personal and professional life. It reflects a series of societal and individual changes that have occurred throughout one's lifetime, many of which have been quite radical. The central significance of food and eating, as well as i ts many connotations, necessitates a connection to cultural materialism, which is concerned with the turbulence and creativity brought on by a radical conception of food and culture as well as the social negotiations expressed through the medium of food, especially its role in social etiquette, familial interactions, commercial relations, and social exchanges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
