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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

The Cultural Politics of Food and Eating: A Reader

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Hardback by James L. Watson , Melissa L. Caldwell

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 03/11/2004
    ISBN13: 9780631230922, 978-0631230922
    ISBN10: 0631230920

    Number of Pages: 336

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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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