The Sacred Foodways of Film is a timely contribution to this fascinating area of interest that has long been simmering on the stovetop of scholarship. Curiously, there has not been a book specifically dedicated to the confluence of theology/religion and food films. Smithsonian magazine describes the last two decades as “The Era of Crazed Oral Gratification.” The explosion of interest in food culture, what is touted as the “foodie revolution,” is evident across media platforms in the United States as well as in many other parts of the world. From the Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg produced title The Hundred-Foot Journey (Lasse Hallström, 2014), to the Oscar Best Foreign Language Film winner from Japan Departures (Takita Yôjirô, 2008), eleven diverse films invite us to taste and see the mutually enriching blend of food and faith depicted onscreen. Frank was the first child of Irish immigrants Malachy and Angela McCourt. (2-chapter excerpt attached as pdf) "The Sacred Foodways of Film" explores the ways by which the portrayal of food in film offers creative spaces for theological insight. Frank McCourt, original name Francis McCourt, (born August 19, 1930, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.died July 19, 2009, New York, New York), American author and teacher who was perhaps best known for the memoir Angela’s Ashes (1996), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize.
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