Digesting Femininities

Natalie Jovanovski is a postdoctoral research fellow at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. Her research interests include feminist politics, theory and activism, food culture, and the sexual objectification of women.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Beyond Body-Centrism: Contemporary Food Discourses and Feminist Research.- 3. A Smorgasbord of Food Femininities:  Analysing Gender in Popular Food Discourses.- 4. Femininities-Lite: Feminist Empowerment and Diet Culture.- 5. Cooking Up Femininities: The Conflict Between  Motherhood and Pleasure.- 6. Flavours of Feminism: The Personal is Personal.- 7. Unveiling a Pathogenic Food Consciousness: Gender, Feminism, and the 'Neoliberal Subject' Conclusion. Hold the Femininities: Ordering a Genderless Food Consciousness?.