The Cultural Politics of Food and Eating : A Reader
by James L. Watson 2020-07-24 22:30:08
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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 f... Read more
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. Less

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  • 9.64x6.7x0.97inches
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  • Wiley-Blackwell
  • December 1, 2004
  • 9780631230939
James L. Watson is Fairbank Professor of Chinese Society and Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University....
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