Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Acknowledgments VII
4. Introduction: Why Read Food in Modern Japanese Literature? 1
5. Chapter One. Food in the Diary 15
6. Chapter Two. Down-to-Earth Eating and Writing (1) 46
7. Chapter Three. Down-to-Earth Eating and Writing (2) 71
8. Chapter Four. Cannibalism in Modern Japanese Literature 94
9. Chapter Five. The Gastronomic Novel 131
10. Chapter Six. Food and Gender in Contemporary Women’s Literature 172
11. Conclusion: Confessions of an Obsessive Textual Food Eater 204
12. Notes 211
13. Bibliography 249
14. Index 263
15. About the Author 275