Cooking up Memories: The Role of Food, Recipes and Relationships in Jeannette Lander’s Überbleibsel

Heike Henderson

Cooking up Memories: The Role of Food, Recipes and Relationships in Jeannette Lander’s Überbleibsel

Heike Henderson

Boise State University

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Abstract

The article analyses the role of food in the novel Überbleibsel , by Jeanette Lander. It carefully considers the many-sided connections between food, memory , and intercultural experiences. The rules of Kashrut and its impact on the narrator's culinary practice are emphasized. It also examines the relationship between the narrator's two great passions which are cooking and writing, as well as the contradictions of her gourmet aspirations and weight-loss ambitions.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	236-257
Number of pages	22
Journal	Women in German Yearbook
Volume	22
State	Published - 1 Dec 2006

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Cooking up Memories: The Role of Food, Recipes and Relationships in Jeannette Lander’s Überbleibsel

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