Food consumption in global perspective : essays in the anthropology of food in honour of Jack Goody...
Food consumption in global perspective : essays in the anthropology of food in honour of Jack Goody...
Food consumption in global perspective : essays in the anthropology of food in honour of Jack Goody / edited by Jakob A. Klein and Anne Murcott, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK.
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
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G 2014/5461
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Foreword / Jack Goody -- 1. Introduction: Cooking, Cuisine and Class and the Anthropology of Food / Jakob A. Klein -- 2. Meat: A Cultural Biography in (South) China / James L. Watson -- 3. From Fasting to Fast Food in Kumasi, Ghana / Gracia Clark -- 4. Civilizing Tastes: From Caste to Class in South...
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Publisher
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2014.
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Summary
"The globalization of food consumption has often been equated with the loss of culinary traditions and the homogenization of cuisines. By contrast, the anthropologists, historians and sociologists contributing to this collection reveal both rapid changes and also profound and sometimes surprising continuities in local food consumption practices in...
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Food consumption in global perspective : essays in the anthropology of food in honour of Jack Goody / edited by Jakob A. Klein and Anne Murcott, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK.
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Consumption and public life.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2014/5461
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74VKJVBMaAzX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJVBMaAzX
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ISBN
1137326409 (hardback)
9781137326409 (hardback)
DDC
394.12
MMS ID
991022182369702626
