| Home Cooking in the Global Village: Caribbean Food from Buccaneers to Ecotourists Contributor(s): Wilk, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1845203593 ISBN-13: 9781845203597 Publisher: Berg Publishers OUR PRICE: $173.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2006 Annotation: Belize, a tiny corner of the Caribbean wedged into Central America, has been a fast food nation since buccaneers and pirates first stole ashore. As early as the 1600s it was already caught in the great paradox of globalization: how can you stay local and relish your own home cooking, while tasting the delights of the global marketplace? Menus, recipes and bad colonial poetry combine with Wilk's sharp anthropological insight to give an important new perspective on the perils and problems of globalization. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Cooking | Regional & Ethnic - Caribbean & West Indian |
| Dewey: 394.120 |
| LCCN: 2005029983 |
| Series: Anthropology and Material Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.32" W x 9.26" (1.26 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the Society for Economic Anthropology Annual Book Prize 2008. Belize, a tiny corner of the Caribbean wedged into Central America, has been a fast food nation since buccaneers and pirates first stole ashore. As early as the 1600s it was already caught in the great paradox of globalization: how can you stay local and relish your own home cooking, while tasting the delights of the global marketplace? Menus, recipes and bad colonial poetry combine with Wilk's sharp anthropological insight to give an important new perspective on the perils and problems of globalization. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wilk, Richard: - Richard Wilk is Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies at Indiana University. |