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'In the current publishing environment, where there is an unprecedented level of reader
interest in food-related texts, a wide range of subject matter is providing a rich source
of opportunities for writers. In this context, the individual food product (either
biological or processed) is one such area of professional and creative opportunity.
Suggesting that the 'gastrobiography' is a form of writing that can serve the particular
interests of writers as well as their readers and publishers, this article defines the term
and its applications in food writing. It then presents a gastrobiography of Vegemite,
utilising the form to consider the yeast spread's history, ongoing role in Australian life,
and how this has been conceptualised and written about. Also investigated is
Vegemite's place in the personal politics of eating and politics more broadly. In the
process, the gastrobiographical form is revealed as one that can present Vegemite as a
site of contradiction and paradox that can reveal much about the world in which it is
produced and sold.' (Author's abstract)
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Rewriting a National Cultural Food Icon : A Gastrobiography of Vegemite
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- Leviathan : The Unauthorised Biography of Sydney 1999 single work non-fiction
- Matters of Life and Death: The Return of Biography 2006 single work essay
- True Blue 1986 single work lyric/song
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