| The Cultural Politics of Food and Eating: A Reader Contributor(s): Watson, James L. (Editor), Caldwell, Melissa L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0631230939 ISBN-13: 9780631230939 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $66.28 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2004 Annotation: Food is an important and endlessly fascinating lens for social and cultural analysis -not only for anthropologists, but also for scholars of history, literature, cultural studies, political economy, and public policy. The subject is a central idiom for understanding cultural practices and for teaching about culture on many levels. "The Cultural Politics of Food and Eating" is a collection of readings that uses the study of food as a vehicle for addressing broad themes that are emerging in social anthropology: globalization, capitalism, market economies, and consumption practices. "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. It includes studies from eleven countries across five continents on such hot topics as sushi, fast food, gourmet foods, and food scares and contamination. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Customs & Traditions - Business & Economics | Economics - General |
| Dewey: 394.12 |
| LCCN: 2004013999 |
| Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.7" W x 9.64" (1.29 lbs) 336 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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.
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