The handbook of food and anthropology / edited by Jakob A. Klein and James L. Watson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Klein, Jakob, editor, contributor.

Watson, James L., editor, contributor.

Herzfeld, Michael, 1947- contributor.

Gillette, Maris Boyd, contributor.

Staples, James, 1966- contributor.

Bahloul, Joëlle, 1951- contributor.

Abbots, Emma-Jayne, contributor.

Avieli, Nir, 1966- contributor.

Pottier, Johan, contributor.

Bray, Francesca, contributor.

Patico, Jennifer, contributor.

Lozada, Eriberto P., contributor.

Wiley, Andrea S., 1962- contributor.

Smart, Josephine, contributor.

Smart, Alan, contributor.

Paxson, Heather, 1968- contributor.

Jung, Yuson, 1972- contributor.

Watson, Rubie S. (Rubie Sharon), 1945- contributor.

Sutton, David E., 1963- contributor.

Hull, Elizabeth, 1982- contributor.

Luetchford, Peter, contributor.

West, Harry G., contributor.

Caldwell, Melissa L., 1969- contributor.

Grasseni, Cristina, contributor.

Bloomsbury (Firm)

James Samuel Blank Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nutritional anthropology.

Food habits--Cross-cultural studies.

Food habits.

Food consumption--Cross-cultural studies.

Food consumption.

Food--Social aspects.

Food.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 486 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.

Contents:

Introduction: Anthropology, food and modern life / James L. Watson and Jakob A. Klein

Part one: Food, self and other. Culinary stereotypes: The gustatory politics of gastro-essentialism / Michael Herzfeld ; Muslim foodways / Maris Gillette ; Food, commensality and caste in South Asia / James Staples ; Jewish foods at the turn of the twenty-first century / Joelle Bahloul ; Approaches to food and migration: Rootedness, being and belonging / Emma-Jayne Abbots ; Local food, local specialties and local identity / Nir Avieli

Part two: Food security, nutrition and food safety. Observer, critic, activist: Anthropological encounters with food insecurity / Johan Pottier ; Feeding farmers and feeding the nation in modern Malaysia: The political economy of food and taste / Francesca Bray ; Children's food / Jennifer Patico and Eriberto P. Lozada Jr. ; Cow's milk as children's food: Insights from India and the United States / Andrea S. Wiley ; Food, borders and disease / Josephine Smart and Alan Smart ; Rethinking food and its eaters: Opening the black boxes of safety and nutrition / Heather Paxson ; Food provisioning and foodways in postsocialist societies: Food as medium for social trust and global belonging / Yuson Jung ; Feeding the revolution: Public mess halls and coercive commensality in Maoist China / James L. Watson

Part three: Food as craft, industry and ethics. Church cookbooks: Changing foodways on the American prairie / Rubie Watson ; The Anthropology of cooking / David Sutton ; Supermarket expansion informal retail and food acquisition strategies: An example from rural South Africa / Elizabeth Hull ; Ethical consumption: The moralities and politics of food / Peter Luetchford ; Artisanal foods and the cultural economy: Perspectives on craft, heritage, authenticity and reconnection / Harry G. West ; Practising food anthropology: Moving food studies from the classroom to the boardroom / Melissa L. Caldwell

Afterward / Cristina Grasseni.

Notes:

Originally published in hardback 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Samuel Blank Fund.

ISBN:

9781474298407 (electronic bk.)

1474298400 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

99992523452

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.