Food, Nutrition, and Culture – serie
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Greek Whisky
The Localization of a Global Commodity
Inbunden, 2013
1921 kr
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In many contexts of Greek social life, Scotch whisky has coincidentally become a symbol of “Greekness,” national identity, modernity, and the middle class. This ethnographic study follows the social life of Scotch in Greece through three distinct trajectories in time and space in order to …
Reconstructing Obesity
The Meaning of Measures and the Mesure of Meanings
Av Megan B. McCullough, Jessica A. Hardin
Inbunden, 2013
1916 kr
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In the crowded and busy arena of obesity and fat studies, there is a lack of attention to the lived experiences of people, how and why they eat what they do, and how people in cross-cultural settings understand risk, health, and bodies. This volume addresses the lacuna by drawing on ethnographic …
From Virtue to Vice
Negotiating Anorexia
Av Richard A. O'Connor, Penny Van Esterik
Inbunden, 2015
1979 kr
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The recovered possess the key to overcoming anorexia. Although individual sufferers do not know how the affliction takes hold, piecing their stories together reveals two accidental afflictions. One is that activity disorders—dieting, exercising, healthy eating—start as virtuous practices, but …
Re-orienting Cuisine
East Asian Foodways in the Twenty-First Century
Av Kwang Ok Kim
Inbunden, 2015
1861 kr
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Foods are changed not only by those who produce and supply them, but also by those who consume them. Analyzing food without considering changes over time and across space is less meaningful than analyzing it in a global context where tastes, lifestyles, and imaginations cross boundaries and blend …
Reconstructing Obesity
The Meaning of Measures and the Measure of Meanings
Av Megan B. McCullough, Jessica A. Hardin
Häftad, 2015
532 kr
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In the crowded and busy arena of obesity and fat studies, there is a lack of attention to the lived experiences of people, how and why they eat what they do, and how people in cross-cultural settings understand risk, health, and bodies. This volume addresses the lacuna by drawing on ethnographic …
Heritage Arena
Reinventing Cheese in the Italian Alps
Inbunden, 2016
1921 kr
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In Europe a number of production and communication strategies have long tried to establish local products as resources for local development. At the foot of the Alps, this scenario appears in all its contradictions, especially in relation to cheese production. The Heritage Arena focuses on the saga …
Dance of Nurture
Negotiating Infant Feeding
Av Penny Van Esterik, Richard A. O’Connor
Inbunden, 2017
1979 kr
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Breastfeeding and child feeding at the center of nurturing practices, yet the work of nurture has escaped the scrutiny of medical and social scientists. Anthropology offers a powerful biocultural approach that examines how custom and culture interact to support nurturing practices. Our framework …
Re-orienting Cuisine
East Asian Foodways in the Twenty-First Century
Av Kwang Ok Kim
Häftad, 2018
516 kr
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Foods are changed not only by those who produce and supply them, but also by those who consume them. Analyzing food without considering changes over time and across space is less meaningful than analyzing it in a global context where tastes, lifestyles, and imaginations cross boundaries and blend …
Nourishing Life
Foodways and Humanity in an African Town
Av Arianna Huhn
Inbunden, 2020
1921 kr
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In this accessible ethnography of a small town in northern Mozambique, everyday cultural knowledge and behaviors about food, cooking, and eating reveal the deeply human pursuit of a nourishing life. This emerges less through the consumption of specific nutrients than it does in the affective …
Dance of Nurture
Negotiating Infant Feeding
Av Penny Van Esterik, Richard A. O’Connor
Häftad, 2022
527 kr
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Breastfeeding and child feeding at the center of nurturing practices, yet the work of nurture has escaped the scrutiny of medical and social scientists. Anthropology offers a powerful biocultural approach that examines how custom and culture interact to support nurturing practices. Our framework …
Food and Families in the Making
Knowledge Reproduction and Political Economy of Cooking in Morocco
Inbunden, 2024
1921 kr
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Even in the context of rapid material and social change in urban Morocco, women, and especially those from low-income households, continue to invest a lot of work in preparing good food for their families. Through the lens of domestic food preparation, this book looks at knowledge reproduction, how …
Nourishing Life
Foodways and Humanity in an African Town
Av Arianna Huhn
Häftad, 2024
527 kr
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In this accessible ethnography of a small town in northern Mozambique, everyday cultural knowledge and behaviors about food, cooking, and eating reveal the deeply human pursuit of a nourishing life. This emerges less through the consumption of specific nutrients than it does in the affective …
Food Beyond Terroir
Tasting Place and Placing Taste in Global Perspective
Av Anna Colquhoun, Katharina Graf
Inbunden, 2025
2123 kr
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From winemaking in occupied territories to fishing in polluted seas, home cooking in refugee communities, and vegan cheesemaking, this collection explores the complex ways taste and place intersect with political, ecological, social, and economic issues. Through diverse ethnographic case studies, …
