The Edible I in Kim Fu’s For Today I Am a Boy
This article explores Kim Fu’s 2014 For Today I Am a Boy through the lens of critical eating studies. In this novel’s portrayal of Peter (see note 3), the trans woman protagonist, images of food and acts of eating (or the denial of these acts) are deployed as a meditation on the navigation of body,...
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description | This article explores Kim Fu’s 2014 For Today I Am a Boy through the lens of critical eating studies. In this novel’s portrayal of Peter (see note 3), the trans woman protagonist, images of food and acts of eating (or the denial of these acts) are deployed as a meditation on the navigation of body, hence of self. This paper positions the act of eating as representing more than just a physical, biological process, but rather a placing of people in relationship with the edible matter and all the conditions of its production, including its socio-cultural/familial meanings. In interpreting Peter’s experiences of self in continuum with the experiences of both Peter’s mother and Mrs. Becker (the mistress of Peter’s father), this paper observes characters figured not only as hungry, but also as edible due in part to their battered subject positions but even more so due to the forced repression and denial of these identities. |
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spelling | doaj-art-8bd4cf00c10c4e50ab37944bab98cbb92025-02-07T08:51:17ZengEdiciones Universidad de SalamancaCanada and Beyond2254-11792025-01-011414516110.14201/cand.v14i145-16136805The Edible I in Kim Fu’s For Today I Am a BoyVeronica Austen0https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0489-6986St. Jerome's University at the University of WaterlooThis article explores Kim Fu’s 2014 For Today I Am a Boy through the lens of critical eating studies. In this novel’s portrayal of Peter (see note 3), the trans woman protagonist, images of food and acts of eating (or the denial of these acts) are deployed as a meditation on the navigation of body, hence of self. This paper positions the act of eating as representing more than just a physical, biological process, but rather a placing of people in relationship with the edible matter and all the conditions of its production, including its socio-cultural/familial meanings. In interpreting Peter’s experiences of self in continuum with the experiences of both Peter’s mother and Mrs. Becker (the mistress of Peter’s father), this paper observes characters figured not only as hungry, but also as edible due in part to their battered subject positions but even more so due to the forced repression and denial of these identities.https://revistas.usal.es/dos/index.php/2254-1179/article/view/31336chinese canadian literaturecritical eating studiesgendertrans literature |
spellingShingle | Veronica Austen The Edible I in Kim Fu’s For Today I Am a Boy Canada and Beyond chinese canadian literature critical eating studies gender trans literature |
title | The Edible I in Kim Fu’s For Today I Am a Boy |
title_full | The Edible I in Kim Fu’s For Today I Am a Boy |
title_fullStr | The Edible I in Kim Fu’s For Today I Am a Boy |
title_full_unstemmed | The Edible I in Kim Fu’s For Today I Am a Boy |
title_short | The Edible I in Kim Fu’s For Today I Am a Boy |
title_sort | edible i in kim fu s for today i am a boy |
topic | chinese canadian literature critical eating studies gender trans literature |
url | https://revistas.usal.es/dos/index.php/2254-1179/article/view/31336 |
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