The Cultural Politics of Food and Eating: A Reader - Couverture souple

 
9780631230939: The Cultural Politics of Food and Eating: A Reader
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0631230939 ISBN 13 : 9780631230939
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2004

Synopsis

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

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À propos de l?auteur

James L. Watson is Fairbank Professor of Chinese Society and Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University. His books include Golden Arches East: McDonald's in East Asia(edited 1998), Village Life in Hong Kong (with Rubie Watson, 2004), and Between Two Cultures (edited, Blackwell, 1977).


Melissa L. Caldwell is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the author of Not by Bread Alone: Social Support in the New Russia (2004).

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Éditeur
Wiley-Blackwell
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0631230939
ISBN 13 
9780631230939
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
336
Éditeur
Watson James L., Caldwell Melissa L.
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Personne responsable
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