Rice and Beans - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1847889042 ISBN 13 : 9781847889041

Editeur : Berg Publishers, 2012

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Rice and Beans is a book about the paradox of local and global. On the one hand, this is a globespanning dish, a simple source of complete nutrition for billions of people in hundreds of countries. On the other hand, in every place people insist that rice and beans is a local invention, deeply rooted in a particular history and culture. How can something so universal also be so particular?

The authors of this book explore the specific history of the versions of rice and beans beloved and indigenous in cultures from Brazil to West Africa. But they also plumb the shared African, Native American and European transAtlantic encounters and exchanges, and the contemporary forces of globalization and nationbuilding, which combine to make rice and beans a powerful substance and symbol of the relationship between food and culture.

Revue de presse :

Rice and Beans provides an excellent examination and deep insight into the important and varied roles these food play in the diets, lives, and cultures of people across the Americas. Jane Fajans, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Cornell University This book fills a gap in the food literature by focusing upon a dish which is widely found in the Americas. The authors use historical, economic and cultural explanations to analyse not only the reasons for ubiquity of this dish, but also its regional variations and links with ethnicity, class and nation-state. --Pat Caplan, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of London

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Berg Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1847889042
• ISBN 13: 9781847889041
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 294