Food and language : discourses and foodways across cultures / Kathleen C. Riley and Amy L. Paugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riley, Kathleen C., 1957- author.

Paugh, Amy L., author.

Series:

Routledge foundations in linguistic anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food--Terminology.

Food.

Language and culture.

Anthropological linguistics.

Genre:

Terminology.

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

xi, 259 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"Food and Language: Discourses and Foodways across Cultures presents an overview of how discourses and foodways are intertwined across cultures and social settings: how do we talk about food, how do we interact in its presence, how do we use food to communicate, and how does social interaction feed us? The book takes linguistic and anthropological perspectives while also bringing in research from other related disciplines. It assumes no previous linguistics knowledge but provides students with the understanding and skills needed to pursue further research on the subject. With a full glossary at the end of the book, and additional tools (such as recommended readings and video links) hosted on an eResources page, this book serves as an ideal introduction for students taking courses on food in Anthropology departments, Linguistics departments, and across the humanities and social sciences"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Talking food across cultures

The communicating eater

Procuring and processing food-and-language data

Language through food

Language about food

Language around food

Language as food

Applying the food-and-language model.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138907003

1138907006

9781138907010

1138907014

OCLC:

1048055131

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