Consuming Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century Narratives of Consumption, 1700D1900

Consuming Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century brings together detailed analyses of the cultural myths-or fictions-of consumption that have shaped discourse on consumer practices from the eighteenth century onward. The chapters provide an excitingly diverse range of perspectives, including musicology, philosophy, history, art history, and cultural and post-colonial studies, as well as the study of literature in English, French, and German. The broad scope of this collection will engage audiences both inside and outside academia interested in the politics of food and consumption in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century culture. Book jacket.

Tamara S. Wagner is associate professor of English literature at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Narin Hassan is assistant professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture at Georgia Tech University.