Thesis (M.A.)--Eastern Illinois University, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 46-47).

In a century in which women have achieved the right to vote, gained reproductive freedom, and began to work outside of the home in greater numbers, audiences might expect cookbooks for men, like their mainstream, feminized counterparts, to have evolved from the early part of the century when they debuted to reflect changing gender roles. A sampling of recent cookbooks marketed explicitly to men, however, reveals that the male cookbook genre has a particularly tenacious hold on traditional portrayals of masculinity and femininity. Contemporary cookbooks for men exhibit many of the features Jessamyn Neuhaus describes in her study of male cookbooks from the 1920s to the 1950s. The resiliency of the genre suggests that the cultural mainstream still believes that men have to justify being in the (home) kitchen because domestic cooking is an inherently feminine endeavor. The cultural work male cookbooks do is highly problematic not only because of the naturalized gender roles they emphasize, but also because of the models of masculinity they offer their readers. After briefly considering the figure of the exceptional male chef, this paper will examine the salient features of the male cookbook genre and the types of masculinity the genre authorizes, as well as how several contemporary male cookbooks portray men, women, and gender relations. / text

Thesis (Ph.D.)--UCLA, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 260-273).

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1945 W5 / Master of Science

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1956 C66 / Master of Science

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1959 G37

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1958 B85 / Master of Science

This thesis examines contradictory stereotypes navigated by Latina celebrities within dominant representations of Latina identity. On one hand, Latinas are represented as traditional and family-oriented and on the other hand are understood as exotic and hypersexual. I argue that the marketing and content of cookbooks by Eva Longoria and Gloria and Emilio Estefan serve to perpetuate dominant stereotypes about what it means to be/cook/eat Latina, which limits the possibilities for relating to food and creates a narrative of a static, homogenous Latina identity. By performing rhetorical analysis of cookbooks by Eva Longoria and Gloria and Emilio Estefan, I illustrate the ways in which the cookbooks function to legitimize both the ethnic authenticity of the celebrity author and of the cuisine itself.

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1945 R6 / Master of Science

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1946 K64 / Master of Science