MAPACA

Mid-Atlantic Popular &
American Culture Association

Presentations

• Eating Disorders as Care of the Self: Managing Problems of Gendered Identity and Anxiety in The Bell Jar and The Edible Woman
  Jenny Platz
• Deconstructing Female Appetite: The Foodie Romance and Julie Powell’s Cleaving
  Caroline J. Smith (The George Washington University)
• The Food of Love: Setting the Scene and Serving Seduction in the Romance Novel
  Nola Thacker (Westhampton Free Library)