Food between the country and the city : ethnographies of a changing global foodscape / edited by Nuno Domingos, José Manuel Sobral, Harry G. West.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Domingos, Nuno, 1976- editor.

Sobral, José Manuel, editor.

West, Harry G., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food supply--Social aspects.

Food supply.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (516 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury, [2014]

Summary:

At a time when the relationship between 'the country' and 'the city' is in flux worldwide, the value and meanings of food associated with both places continue to be debated. Building upon the foundation of Raymond Williams' classic work, The Country and the City , this volume examines how conceptions of the country and the city invoked in relation to food not only reflect their changing relationship but have also been used to alter the very dynamics through which countryside and cities, and the food grown and eaten within them, are produced and sustained. Leading scholars in the study of food

Contents:

Cover; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction: Approaching Food and Foodways between the Country and the City through the Work of Raymond Williams; Section I: Of the Country and Its Food; 1 Conflicting Wine Narratives: "Pleasing Prospects" and the Struggles in the Construction of Alentejo; 2 Embodying Country-City Relations: The Chola Cuencana in Highland Ecuador; 3 Bringing the City to the Country: Supermarket Expansion, Food Practices, and Aesthetics in Rural South Africa

4 Bringing It All Back Home: Reconnecting the Country and the City through Heritage Food Tourism in the French AuvergneSection II: Of the City and Its Food; 5 Coming to Terms with Urban Agriculture: A Self-Critique; 6 Urban Hunger and the Home Village: How Lilongwe's Migrant Poor Stay Food Secure; 7 Perceptions of the Country through the Migration of City-grown Crops: Guinean Food in Bissau and in Lisbon; Section III: Of the Nation and Its Food; 8 The Country, the Nation, and the Region in Representations of Portuguese Food and Cuisine

9 Hazz al-Quhuf: An Urban Satire on Peasant Life and Food from Seventeenth-century Egypt10 Reflecting Authenticity: "Grandmother's Yogurt" between Bulgaria and Japan; 11 Unpacking the Mediterranean Diet: Agriculture, Food, and Health; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780857857286

0857857282

9780857857040

0857857045

OCLC:

880825335