Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Cultural and Material Politics of Food Representations in Film -- 1. Foodways as an Ideological Approach -- 2. Food and Film Industries: A Filter for the Food We See in Films -- 3. Foodways Syntax: Utopian Films' Use of Food to Create Community -- 4. Foodways Structured to Convey Disorder and Dysfunction -- 5. When Humans Are the Food Product: An Ideological Look at Cannibal Films -- 6. Food as Threat and Promise: Genre and Auteur Analysis -- 7. Foodways in Documentary Films: Consumer Society in a Wider Frame -- 8. The Politics Surrounding Documentaries' Depiction of Foodways -- 9. Food as a Window into Personal and Cultural Politics -- Appendixes -- 1. Insights from Food Stylist Ann Schulz -- 2. Selected Fiction Films Featuring Foodways -- 3. Selected Food Documentaries -- 4. Selected Work in Food and Cultural Studies -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- BackCover.