Food and Culture by Carole Counihan
Food touches everything important to people: it marks social difference and strengthens social bonds. Common to various peoples, it can signify very different things from table to table. This text takes a global look at the social, symbolic, and political-economic role of food. It examines some of the meanings of food and eating across cultures."I get asked all the time to define Food Studies, and now I have the answerRead this book. This is a brilliantly selected compilation of the most riveting and entertaining writing on food and culture, ranging from the classic to the post-modern. The range of topics is astounding, and the writing is terrific. Read any of these pieces and you will want to read everything else that author wrote. Anyone reading this book will understand immediately why the study of food teaches us so much about our society, now and in the past." -Marion Nestle, Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health, New York University
Carole Counihan is Professor of Anthropology at Millersville University in Pennsylvania and co-editor-in-chief of Food and Foodways. Her earlier books include Around the Tuscan Table: Food, Family, and Gender in Twentieth-Century Florence, Food in the USA, and The Anthropology of Food and Body: Gender, Meaning, and Power. Penny Van Esterik is Professor of Anthropology at York University in Toronto, Canada where she teaches nutritional anthropology, in addition to doing research on food and globalization in Southeast Asia. She is a founding member of WABA (World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action)and writes on infant and young child feeding, including her earlier book, Beyond the Breast-Bottle Controversy.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415977777 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415977770 |
| Title | Food and Culture |
| Author | Carole Counihan |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2008-01-10 |
| Number of pages | 610 |
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