Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Identity in Consumption: Reading Food and Intersectionality in Anita Desai's Fasting, Feasting Subject The topic of the resource food in literature; gender; intersectionality; literary food studies Description An account of the resource With the resurging interest in Food Studies, this rapidly emerging field of study has seen multiple disciplines adding in their distinct flavours that truly make this an area to savour. Literary food studies, in particular, has become a relevant field of study with the understanding that food in literature always plays a symbolic role, as food in literature is never depicted for the sustenance of the literary characters. This paper seeks to explore the novel Fasting, Feasting (1999) by Anita Desai through the lens of food and foodways to explicate how the characters interact with the culinary arena, and ultimately, interact with each other and themselves. These interactions will serve as crucial insights into their identities, particularly their intersectional gender identities considering the facets of nationality, class, and the like. A special focus will also be rendered on the notion of marginalisation seen in the text, of which gender is a crucial deciding factor. The title of the novel hints at consumption-at both its presence and absence-which will prove as the gateway to the interactions of the characters with food in the novel to examine who it is that gets to feast while who are forced to starve. 2022 Aesthetics Media Services. All rights reserved. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George N.; Vijayaraghavan A.P. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, Vol-14, No. 2 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Aesthetics Media Services Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n2.20" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n2.20</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85134804100&amp;doi=10.21659%2Frupkatha.v14n2.20&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=49e9912da1f4d20d9bd620c1877ed9da" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85134804100&amp;doi=10.21659%2frupkatha.v14n2.20&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=49e9912da1f4d20d9bd620c1877ed9da</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 9752935 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant George N., Department of English and Cultural Studies, Christ University, Bengaluru, India; Vijayaraghavan A.P., Department of English and Cultural Studies, Christ University, Bengaluru, India