Glazed America : a history of the doughnut
"Paul Mullins turns his attention to the simple doughnut in order to learn more about North American culture and society. Doughnuts cross lines of gender, class, and race like no other food item. Favorite doughnut shops that were once neighborhood institutions remain unchanged even as their surrounding neighborhoods have morphed into strip clubs, empty lots, and abandoned housing." "Mullins offers a look into doughnut production, marketing, and consumption. He confronts head-on the question of why we often paint doughnuts in moral terms, and shows how the seemingly simple food reveals deep and complex social conflicts over body image and class structure. In Mullins's hands, this simple pastry provides surprisingly compelling insights into our eating habits, our identity, and modern consumer culture."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2008
University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ©2008