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Annotated Bibliography

Bonner, Edward T.; Friedman, Harris L. “A Conceptual Clarification of the Experience of Awe: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.” Humanistic Psychologist 39.3 (2011): 222-235. Online.

Awe is a difficult idea to explain.  In this article, Bonner and Friedman discuss previous interpretations of awe, and then use interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) to further explain awe.  

Cochrane, Tom. “The Emotional Experience of the Sublime.” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 42 (2012): 125-148. Online.

Cochrane devotes his entire paper to explaining the different emotions felt when experiencing awe, and how they work together.  He fights against the idea that fear creates a greater sense of awe.  This may be a good article for Erin to see what she can fight against, and use, to make her paper even stronger.

Esquivel , Laura. Like Water for Chocolate. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing, 1992. Print.

            I will use this text to further discuss the concept between women and food.  I want to discuss how food promotes awe within the idea of liberation and discovery.  Her experiences and fight against traditions showcase her power.

Genz, Stéphanie; Brabon, Benjamin A. Postfeminism: Cultural Text and Theories. Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 2009. eBook.

This book will help me ground the current ideas of feminism.  I will need this to start the conversation, and discuss the different ideas of feminism within literature.

Gilbert, Elizabeth. Eat, Pray, Love. New York: Penguin Group, 2006. Print.

Gilbert discusses how her experiences with food allowed her to reawaken to life.  Pleasure is another way to awe, and in her experience, food was a necessary component.  

Hayden, Judy. “Erotic Rebellion: Chocolate and Laura Esquivel’s Como Agua Para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate).” Philological Review 36.2 (2010): 35-51. Online.

            Chocolate is central to this paper.  Chocolate is an anti-depressant and can cause other powerful experiences, but it is also linked to the evil side of women.  In these two books Chocolate is a central theme that connects food, body, and identity, allowing Tita to discover herself and escape her situation.  This will be helpful in understanding the power of identity and self-discovery. 

Korsmeyer, Carolyn. Making Sense of Taste: Food and Philosophy. New York, Cornell UP, 1999. Print.

            Korsmeyer discusses taste and its influence on literature.  She even talks about the different philosophies of taste and what it means.  This will be helpful when discussing the importance of food, and how it reacts to our senses.

Olivier, Bert. “The Pleasure of Food and the Spiritual: Eat, Pray, Love and Babette’s Feast.” Journal of Literary Studies 28.1 (2012): 21-39. Online.

Pleasure is another source that causes awe.  It discusses the importance of food in her journey, and how it allowed her to overcome her darkest hour.  I can use this article to further explain the necessity of pleasure, or how food can help us to reconnect with our primal senses.

Schneider, Kirk. “Awe-Based Learning.” Shift: At the Frontiers of Consciousness 8 (2005): 16-19. Online.

            This isn’t a long article, but it gives interesting points in the necessity of awe in learning.  He discusses the need to have awe play an integral role in the developing stages.  He also shares how to create this within learning.  This may be helpful for Tara’s project.  

Subramanian, Janani; Lagerwey, Jorie. “Food, Sex, Love, and Bodies in Eat, Pray, Love and Black Swan.” Studies in Popular Culture 36.1 (2013): 1-20. Online.

            Food is the gateway to pleasure.  In this article they focus on how the movies portray this idea.  It also focuses on postfeminism and how it helps these women go through their journey.  I will not be discussing Black Swan, but it will help me to understand the idea of feminism and food in the book Eat, Pray, Love.

Sugimura, N. K. “Eve’s Reflection and the Passion of Wonder in Paradise Lost.” Essays in Criticism 64. 1 (2014): 1-28. Online.

            Ideas of why Eve partook of the fruit.  In it he discusses the concept of wonderment and awe.  I want to help connect why Eve partook of the fruit, and this article can be used to showcase her desire for discovery. 

Vogel, Dan. “Eve the First Feminist: John Milton’s Midrash on Genesis 3:6.” Jewish Bible Quarterly 40.1 (2012): 19-24. Online.

            Eve’s desire for independence, and her desire for knowledge, leads her to partake of the fruit. I want to discuss the purpose of her eating the fruit.  This information can help lead to the discussion of how food continues to impact women in literature.       

As I write my paper I believe that I will come to a stronger thesis.

While the kitchen is seen as a place of female entrapment, literature showcases that these are catalysts to discovery, liberation, and reawakening the lost soul. 

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I think I have some good articles for the literature I will be using, but I still need to find more philosophy that will enhance my argument.  I also hope to use that philosophy to strengthen my thesis and introduction.  I am going to start by writing about the literature I will use to prove my point.  I think this will allow me to understand the different characteristics of food and awe.  Each book focuses on different elements of food, but this connects to the primal self, which will also connect to my argument about Eve and partaking of the fruit.