Can Documentary Food Films Like Food Inc. Achieve their Promise?

摘要

Mediated narratives of food are important objects of analysis because they provide insight into food's signifying power, the pleasure of consuming food via media, and the commercialization of basic necessities. The past decades have witnessed an increasing proliferation of food media across a variety of platforms. Dozens of food films have entered the market in the USA and abroad. Founded in 1993, the US cable television Food Network currently reaches over 90 million homes in the USA ("Cable Network Profiles: The Food Network," 2003).