Culinary Entertainment, Creative Labor, and the Reterritorialization of White Masculinity

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This article explores popular cultural themes of masculinity and mobility in the context of postracial and "end of men" discourses. Our attention is focused on sites of everyday culture, taking note of the tropes by which white male authority is fantastically recuperated through culinary entertainment. We read films such as Chef (Jon Favreau, 2014) and television reality series such as Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network, 2007–present) as sites of a reterritorialization of white masculinity, exploring the nostalgic resonance of the road trip and fantasies of mobility and plenty in a sociocultural context of privation and inequality.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Negra, D Tasker, Y https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8130-2251
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2019 University of Texas Press. This is a pre-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Cinema and Media Studies following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available through the University of Texas Press.
Keywords:	Whiteness, masculinity, culinary entertainment, recession
Dates:	Published: October 2019 Published (online): October 2019 Accepted: 5 February 2018
Institution:	The University of Leeds
Academic Units:	The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Media & Communication (Leeds)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Publications
Date Deposited:	30 Aug 2019 11:02
Last Modified:	25 Jun 2023 21:58
Published Version:	https://muse.jhu.edu/article/737272#info_wrap
Status:	Published
Publisher:	University of Texas Press
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:150181

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