http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/marsha-norman 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 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:54:14 -0400 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:54:14 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/653/food-love-and-death-in-normans-night-mother By Megan P. Kaplon - Marsha Norman’s 1983 play‘night Mother is full of food imagery and references. From the opening stage directions to Jessie’s constant kitchen chores, food is intertwined in every moment of the play. Norman’s food references serve to show what is missing in the lives of Jessie and her mother Thelma and the ways they fill these holes with food. Jessie and Thelma have different strategies for this substitution, one creating through consumption, the other through preparation, but with close analysis through the lens of food advertising and psychological associations with food... Sun, 17 Jun 2012 06:29 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/653/food-love-and-death-in-normans-night-mother