Ways of eating : exploring food through history and culture /

"From the origins of agriculture to twenty-first century debates over culinary authenticity, Ways of Eating introduces readers to world food history and to the practice of food ethnography. By engaging ethnographic vignettes and historical chapters, the authors offer new ways to think about foo...

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Main Authors: Wurgaft, Benjamin Aldes (Author), White, Merry I., 1941- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023]
Series:California studies in food and culture ; 81.
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Summary:"From the origins of agriculture to twenty-first century debates over culinary authenticity, Ways of Eating introduces readers to world food history and to the practice of food ethnography. By engaging ethnographic vignettes and historical chapters, the authors offer new ways to think about food in relation to its natural and cultural histories. In addition to offering new intellectual tools, starting-points are provided for future reading in a wide variety of subjects, from the European spice trade to the Columbian Exchange, from food and gender to ethnographic methodology. Food studies are made vivid by stories like the ones in this book--stories of Scottish peat-cutters, women beer-makers, and Japanese knife-forgers"--
Physical Description:xiv, 237 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520392984
0520392981