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Now that most of the conference nitty-gritties are done away with, I get to reap the fruits of our labour. I am amazed by the dynamic interpretation of food, masculinity and power by our presenters. So I will do a thread of the line-up over the next few days #devouringmen
I started with @efbond's excellent 'Sugar Time: Memories of Scottish Empire through Contemporary Art and Performance' where she draws links between contemporary art and performance, the residues and memories of sugar and its connections with the Scottish empire. #devouringmen
Next I turned to @DrHarrietArcher's fascinating presentation 'The Sour Cross: Kingship and Gustatory Perception in Shakespeare's Richard II. She connects the metaphors of sourness in the play to bad leadership and Richard's eventual deposition. #devouringmen
After this sweet & sour entry into the conference, I watched Mona Becker's interesting 'Cannibals Cooking Cats: Narratives of Food, Dignity and Agency in Shoah Drama and Testimony.' She gives us cannibalism, cats and the memories and horrors of concentration camps. #devouringmen
Next up was Rebecca Mazumdar's fabulous '"Get busy with the can opener, will you, Sally?": The Legacy of the Fallout Shelter in Contemporary Prepper Foodways.' Here we get prepper and survivalist cultures, foodways, hypermasculinity, and also POSSUMS! #devouringmen
