Food for health, food for wealth : the performance of ethnic and gender identities by Iranian settlers in Britain / Lynn Harbottle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harbottle, Lynn, author.

Series:

Anthropology of Food & Nutrition

Anthropology of Food & Nutrition ; v.3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iranians--Food--Great Britain.

Iranians.

Iranians--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Women immigrants--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Women immigrants.

Women--Iran--Social conditions.

Women.

Food habits--Great Britain.

Food habits.

Food habits--Iran.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Food and eating practices are central to current sociological and anthropological concerns about the body, health, consumption, and identity. This study explores the importance of these themes as they intersect with processes of globalization and cultural production within a specific group of consumers, British Sh''ite Iranians. Through the analysis of the consumption practices of this particular migrant group, this book illustrates how both the nutritional value and symbolic significance of food contribute to its health-giving properties and how gender and ethnic identities are preformed and

Contents:

Food for Health, Food for Wealth; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13. Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-181) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781571816344

1571816348

9781571817402

1571817409

9781782381785

1782381783

OCLC:

892798933