Cultural Politics Of Food And Eating: A Reader (Wiley Blackwell Readers In Anthropology: Vol. 8)
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- Synopsis
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The Cultural Politics of Food and Eating offers an ethnographically informed perspective on the ways in which people use food to make sense of life in an increasingly interconnected world.
Uses food as a central idiom for teaching about culture and addresses broad themes such as globalization, capitalism, market economies, and consumption practices
Spanning 5 continents, features studies from 11 countries—Japan, China, Russia, Ukraine, Germany, France, Burkina Faso, Chile, Trinidad, Mexico, and the United States
Offers discussion of such hot topics as sushi, fast food, gourmet foods, and food scares and contamination
- Copyright:
- 2004
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- ISBN-13:
- 9780631230939
- Publisher:
- John Wiley & Sons, Limited
- Date of Addition:
- 09/10/18
- Copyrighted By:
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine, Social Studies, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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