The Cultural Politics of Food and Eating : A Reader Hardback
Edited by James L. (Harvard University) Watson, Melissa L. (University of California, Santa Cruz) Caldwell
Part of the Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology series
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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
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:03/11/2004
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- ISBN:9780631230922
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:03/11/2004
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- ISBN:9780631230922
