Feeding the city : work and food culture of the Mumbai dabbawalas / Sara Roncaglia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roncaglia, Sara, author.

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Food--Social aspects--India--Mumbai.

Food.

Precooked foods--Transportation--India--Mumbai.

Precooked foods.

Mumbai (India)--Social conditions.

Mumbai (India).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 214 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF files(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Open Book Publishers

Cambridge, England : Open Book Publishers, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Feeding the City is an ethnographic study of the fascinating inner workings of Mumbai's dabbawalas. Cultural anthropologist Sara Roncaglia explains how they cater to the various dietary requirements of a diverse and increasingly global city, where the preparation and consumption of food is pervaded with religious and cultural significance."--Publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Bombay-Mumbai and the Dabbawalas: Origin and Development of a Parallel Economy

2. Dabbawala Ethics in Transition

3. Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers Charity Trust: The Shaping of Dabbawala Relations

Conclusions: Tastes and Cultures

Appendix: Theory and Practice for an Ethnography of Diversities.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Translated from the Italian by Angela Arnone.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC-BY-ND-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 08, 2014).

ISBN:

9781909254039

1909254037

9782821854123

2821854129

9781909254022

1909254029

9781909254015

1909254010

OCLC:

878145077