Beyond hummus and falafel : social and political aspects of Palestinian food in Israel / Liora Gvion ; translated by David Wesley and Elana Wesley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gvion, Liora.

Series:

California Studies in Food and Culture

California studies in food and culture ; 40

Standardized Title:

Be-govah ha-beten. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking, Arab.

Food habits--Social aspects--Israel.

Food habits.

Palestinian Arabs--Israel--Attitudes.

Palestinian Arabs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Beyond Hummus and Falafel is the story of how food has come to play a central role in how Palestinian citizens of Israel negotiate life and a shared cultural identity within a tense political context. At the household level, Palestinian women govern food culture in the home, replicating tradition and acting as agents of change and modernization, carefully adopting and adapting mainstream Jewish culinary practices and technologies in the kitchen. Food is at the center of how Arab culture minorities define and shape the boundaries and substance of their identity within Israel.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface to the American Edition

Preface to the Original Edition: As If We Were Eskimos - A Most Personal Opening

Introduction: Food, Ethnicity, and Identity

Part One. What Palestinian Women must know: Food in the Home

Part Two. The Public Dimension: The Encounter with Jewish Society

Conclusion

Notes

Glossary of Culinary Terms

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283609876

1283609878

9780520953673

0520953673

OCLC:

814293262