Food and power : a culinary ethnography of Israel / Nir Avieli ; drawings by Heimo Wallner.
Food and power : a culinary ethnography of Israel / Nir Avieli ; drawings by Heimo Wallner.
Food and power : a culinary ethnography of Israel / Nir Avieli ; drawings by Heimo Wallner.
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Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
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G 2018/0394
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 274 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction : the hummus wars -- Size matters -- Roasting meat -- Why we like Italian food -- The McDonaldization of the Kibbutz dining room -- Meat and masculinity in a military prison -- Thai migrant workers and the dog meat eating myth -- Conclusion : food and power, orientalization and ambivale...
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Publisher
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
"Drawing on ethnography conducted in Israel since the late 1990s, Food and Power considers how power is produced, reproduced, negotiated, and subverted in the contemporary Israeli culinary sphere. Nir Avieli explores issues such as the definition of Israeli cuisine, the ownership of hummus, the privatization of communal Kibbutz dining rooms, and fo...
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Food and power : a culinary ethnography of Israel / Nir Avieli ; drawings by Heimo Wallner.
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California studies in food and culture ; 67
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online version: Avieli, Nir, 1966- Food and power. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] 9780520964419 (DLC) 2017026871
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G 2018/0394
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74VKVG02zAa3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVG02zAa3
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0520290100 paperback ; alkaline paper
9780520290099 hardcover ; alkaline paper
0520290097 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9780520290105 paperback ; alkaline paper
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641.595694
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991024155719502626
