http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/christina-rosetti Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:33:56 -0400 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:33:56 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/152/the-relevance-of-food-to-representations-of-gender-in-the-awakening-and-goblin-market By Misty M. Hill - The inconclusive gesture first of all shows that he is neither decisive nor forceful as you might expect a man to be. Secondly, it shows his irrelevance to the families eating, he does not need to be present for the family to eat, and it appears Mrs Pontellier is unconcerned by the prospect of the absent husband at meal time, as she ‘laughed, nodding good-by to him.’ (1994:5) But it is also suggested that he is an unreliable provider. On parting from his children he ‘promised to bring them back bonbons and peanuts,’ (1994:5) whilst tellingly on his return he ‘had... Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:32 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/152/the-relevance-of-food-to-representations-of-gender-in-the-awakening-and-goblin-market