The handbook of food and anthropology / edited by Jakob A. Klein and James L. Watson.

Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.
Descriptionxvi, 486 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Nutritional anthropology.
Food habits--Cross-cultural studies.
Food consumption--Cross-cultural studies.
Food--Social aspects.

Other author/creatorKlein, Jakob.
Other author/creatorWatson, James L.
Other author/creatorHerzfeld, Michael, 1947-
Other author/creatorGillette, Maris Boyd.
Other author/creatorStaples, James, 1966-
Other author/creatorBahloul, Joëlle, 1951-
Other author/creatorAbbots, Emma-Jayne.
Other author/creatorAvieli, Nir, 1966-
Other author/creatorPottier, Johan.
Other author/creatorBray, Francesca.
Other author/creatorPatico, Jennifer.
Other author/creatorLozada, Eriberto P.
Other author/creatorWiley, Andrea S., 1962-
Other author/creatorSmart, Josephine.
Other author/creatorSmart, Alan.
Other author/creatorPaxson, Heather, 1968-
Other author/creatorJung, Yuson, 1972-
Other author/creatorWatson, Rubie S. (Rubie Sharon), 1945-
Other author/creatorSutton, David E., 1963-
Other author/creatorHull, Elizabeth, 1982-
Other author/creatorLuetchford, Peter.
Other author/creatorWest, Harry G.
Other author/creatorCaldwell, Melissa L., 1969-
Other author/creatorGrasseni, Cristina.
Contents Introduction: Anthropology, food and modern life / James L. Watson and Jakob A. Klein -- Part one: Food, self and other. Culinary stereotypes: The gustatory politics of gastro-essentialism / Michael Herzfeld ; Muslim foodways / Maris Gillette ; Food, commensality and caste in South Asia / James Staples ; Jewish foods at the turn of the twenty-first century / Joelle Bahloul ; Approaches to food and migration: Rootedness, being and belonging / Emma-Jayne Abbots ; Local food, local specialties and local identity / Nir Avieli -- Part two: Food security, nutrition and food safety. Observer, critic, activist: Anthropological encounters with food insecurity / Johan Pottier ; Feeding farmers and feeding the nation in modern Malaysia: The political economy of food and taste / Francesca Bray ; Children's food / Jennifer Patico and Eriberto P. Lozada Jr. ; Cow's milk as children's food: Insights from India and the United States / Andrea S. Wiley ; Food, borders and disease / Josephine Smart and Alan Smart ; Rethinking food and its eaters: Opening the black boxes of safety and nutrition / Heather Paxson ; Food provisioning and foodways in postsocialist societies: Food as medium for social trust and global belonging / Yuson Jung ; Feeding the revolution: Public mess halls and coercive commensality in Maoist China / James L. Watson -- Part three: Food as craft, industry and ethics. Church cookbooks: Changing foodways on the American prairie / Rubie Watson ; The Anthropology of cooking / David Sutton ; Supermarket expansion informal retail and food acquisition strategies: An example from rural South Africa / Elizabeth Hull ; Ethical consumption: The moralities and politics of food / Peter Luetchford ; Artisanal foods and the cultural economy: Perspectives on craft, heritage, authenticity and reconnection / Harry G. West ; Practising food anthropology: Moving food studies from the classroom to the boardroom / Melissa L. Caldwell -- Afterward / Cristina Grasseni.
General noteOriginally published in hardback 2016.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2020449142
ISBN9781350083332 (paperback)
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ISBN0857855948
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