Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian

Michael Owen Jones is professor emeritus of folklore studies and world arts and cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is author of a dozen books including Corn: A Global History, Craftsman of the Cumberlands, and Studying Organizational Symbolism; coauthor of Folkloristics: An Introduction; and coeditor of Comfort Food: Meanings and Memories, published by University Press of Mississippi.

Anyone with an interest in our complex and often contradictory relationships with food, will find this book to be an entertaining and thought-provoking read.--John Yunker "EcoLit Books" The subjects are fascinating, and the analysis is crisp and piercing. The book is important for its extraordinary bibliography and detailed notes. It's on my shelf to read and refer to again and again.--Liz Williams, Southern Food & Beverage Research Center "www.southernfood.org" Food is the vehicle for how we communicate, symbolize, and encode with one another. Knowing this, food may exert great power, for better or for worse. As folklore and anthropology increasingly include the study of foodways, books like Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian provide guidance on how to approach studying symbols within diverse cultures and shifting societies. I highly recommend this book to anyone beginning work in the field of foodways and folklore, as well as more seasoned scholars of foodways and folklore who seek to connect the two.--Nana Kaneko "Journal of American Folklore" Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian: Essays on Food Choice, Identity, and Symbolism makes a significant contribution to the field of foodways studies. This book will be interesting to readers who are concerned about social justice issues of access to food, an issue that has become especially relevant during the pandemic.--Susan Eleuterio, folklorist and author of Irish American Material Culture: A Directory of Collections, Sites, and Festivals in the United States and Canada