Snack

Name: Snack
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ISBN: 9798765108840

Eurie Dahn (Professor of English, Independent Scholar, USA)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
19 February 2026

Semiotics & semiology; Philosophy: aesthetics; Food & society; General cookery & recipes; Nostalgia: general

Series: Object Lessons

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

In the hierarchy of foods, snacks are deemed trivial – perhaps even childish – especially in contrast to meals, which are seen as substantial and necessary. The multiple aisles devoted to sweet and savory treats in supermarkets, and the availability of snacks even at places like home improvement and department stores, speak to the popularity of snacking. But the ubiquity of snacks is relatively new and not common to all countries.

Eurie Dahn traces the story of snacking culture through specific snacks, including Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, cheese crackers, and Choco Pies, and in the contexts of ethnicity, popular culture, diet culture, and even parenting. Snack is an idiosyncratic cultural history that offers surprisingly filling food for thought.

By: Eurie Dahn (Professor of English Independent Scholar USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 164mm, Width: 120mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 140g
ISBN: 9798765108840
Series: Object Lessons
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 19 February 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Eurie Dahn is author of Jim Crow Networks: African American Periodical Cultures (2021) and co-editor of an edition of Pauline E. Hopkins's Of One Blood (2022).

Reviews for Snack

This tempting morsel of a book invites you to consider the history, culture, and even theory of those little bites we snatch between meals. Dah's lively storytelling and digestible research invite us to slow down and take a hard look at that aisle full of temptations at the convenience store. With her help, we now see behind the colorful packages a surprising history of food, leisure, and pleasure. * Sean Latham, Director, Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, USA *