Introduction: the cultural and material politics of food -- Representations in film -- Foodways as an ideological approach -- Food and film industries: a filter for the food we see in films -- Foodways syntax: utopian films' use of food to create community -- Foodways structured to convey disorder and dysfunction -- When humans are the food product: an ideological look at cannibal films -- Food as threat and promise: genre and auteur analysis -- Foodways in documentary films: consumer society in a wider frame -- The politics surrounding documentaries' depiction of foodways -- Food as a window into personal and cultural politics.
