Author : James L. Watson,Melissa L. Caldwell
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004-12-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0631230920
The Cultural Politics of Food and Eating by James L. Watson,Melissa L. Caldwell Pdf
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