Curating Culinary Culture: The Rhetorical Function of Cookbooks and Their Paratexts
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https://doi.org/10.29107/rr2024.3.7Słowa kluczowe:
książki kucharskie, parateksty, „wbudowany dyskurs” przepisu, kultura kulinarna, autentyczność, tradycja ustnaAbstrakt
Książki kucharskie zazwyczaj nie są jedynie zbiorami przepisów, często bowiem przedstawiają wiele dodatkowych informacji kulturowych i historycznych. Stanowią sposób dzielenia się ideami i wspomnieniami, w tym celu sięgają po szeroko rozumiane chwyty retoryczne. Również sam przepis nie jest li tylko instrukcją sporządzania dania, lecz także specyficznym tekstem osadzonym w kształtujących go kontekstach kulturowych, społecznych i historycznych. Przepisy funkcjonują zatem jako swego rodzaju narzędzia retoryczne oddające charakter/tożsamość określonej zbiorowości. Książki kucharskie tworzą wielopoziomową przestrzeń informacyjną, angażując czytelników zarówno poprzez główny tekst, jak i elementy towarzyszące, nazywane przez Gérarda Genette’a paratekstami. Niniejszy artykuł analizuje funkcję retoryczną bestsellerowej książki kucharskiej Emily Meggett, Gullah Geechee Home Cooking, a zwłaszcza przepisu na Fried Okra oraz towarzyszących mu paratekstów. Omówienie tych elementów pogłębia znajomość kulturowych kontekstów odbiorców, dla których napisana została książka kucharska.
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