EPISODE · Apr 10, 2014 · 33 MIN
Samira Kawash on Candy
from Office Hours · host Kyle Green
This week we are joined by Samira Kawash to discuss her book Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure. Samira is a professor emerita at Rutgers University. During our conversation we discuss the important but ignored place candy has occupied in the American conscious, the many shifting meanings attached to the sugary treats, and what […]
Embed this episode
What this episode covers
This week we are joined by Samira Kawash to discuss her book Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure [1]. Samira is a professor emerita at Rutgers University. During our conversation we discuss the important but ignored place candy has occupied in the American conscious, the many shifting meanings attached to the sugary treats, and what can be learned from the increasingly blurred line between food and candy. You can read more of Samira's work at www.CandyProfessor.com [2]. Download Office Hours #88 [3] [1] http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780865477568 [2] http://candyprofessor.com/ [3] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH88_Kawash.mp3
NOW PLAYING
Samira Kawash on Candy
No transcript for this episode yet
Similar Episodes
No similar episodes found.
Similar Podcasts
No similar podcasts found.