Ways of Eating : Exploring Food through History and Culture Hardback
by Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft, Merry White
Part of the California Studies in Food and Culture series
Hardback
Description
What we learn when an anthropologist and a historian talk about food. From the origins of agriculture to contemporary debates over culinary authenticity, Ways of Eating introduces readers to world food history and food anthropology.
Through engaging stories and historical deep dives, Benjamin A.
Wurgaft and Merry I. White offer new ways to understand food in relation to its natural and cultural histories and the social rules that shape our meals. Wurgaft and White use vivid storytelling to bring food practices to life, weaving stories of Panamanian coffee growers, medieval women beer makers, and Japanese knife forgers.
From the Venetian spice trade to the Columbian Exchange, from Roman garum to Vietnamese n?c ch?m, Ways of Eating provides an absorbing account of world food history and anthropology.
Migration, politics, and the dynamics of group identity all shape what we eat, and we can learn to trace these social forces from the plate to the kitchen, the factory, and the field.
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages, 11 b-w ornaments
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:19/09/2023
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- ISBN:9780520392984
Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages, 11 b-w ornaments
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:19/09/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9780520392984
