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How may Greimassian narrative semiotics join forces with feminist inquiry? This essay begins with an analysis of a cake recipe from Alasdair MacIntyre’s  After Virtue  and A. J. Greimas’s “Basil Soup, or the Construction of an Object of Value.” MacIntyre and Greimas raise the issue of gender in distinct ways. MacIntyre’s dismissive attitude toward traditionally feminine household duties contrasts with Greimas’s careful analysis and his unexpected invocation of a law that had a major impact on French women’s lives. The essay discusses what recipes can tell us about gender identity, and what we can learn about being a woman when narrative theorists invoke recipes. Extending the analysis, the essay points out that there is very little extant research on gender in Greimassian semiotics. Readers often assume that this type of semiotics is concerned only with “paper subjects,” that it offers a “mere recipe,” not a “real meal.” However, many of the latest innovations in Greimassian semiotics harmonize with dominant trends in the study of gender. Although Greimas did not foresee feminist analysis, his theoretical contributions certainly prepared rich ground for such work. The future is bright for additional research at the intersection of Greimas and gender.

Greimas and gender: Mere recipe or real meal?