{"product_id":"eating-culture-an-anthropological-guide-to-food-second-edition-paperback-softback-9781487593292","title":"Eating Culture; An Anthropological Guide to Food, Second Edition (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487593292","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEating Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Anthropological Guide to Food, Second Edition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGillian Crowther (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487593292\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 May 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages, 100 colour illustrations\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 19.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.82 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is written in a clear and comprehensible manner for those interested in food studies, not only from an anthropological perspective, but also encompassing the stance of social sciences, and is much more than a mere introduction or textbook. The author reveals personal involvement in the way her own research is incorporated into the text, and the theory is creatively interwoven with an ethnographic approach.\"\u003c\/p\u003e (\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"... A great introductory read for students (or anyone) interested in thinking about how and why we 'do food' in modern societies.\"\u003c\/p\u003e (\u003ci\u003eCuizine: The Journal of Canadian Food Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom ingredients and recipes to meals and menus across time and space, this highly engaging overview illustrates the important roles that anthropology and anthropologists play in understanding food and its key place in the study of culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe new edition, now in full colour, introduces discussions about nomadism, commercializing food, food security, and ethical consumption, including treatment of animals and the long-term environmental and health consequences of meat consumption. New feature boxes offer case studies and exercises to help highlight anthropological methods and approaches, and each chapter includes a further reading section. By considering the concept of cuisine and public discourse, \u003cem\u003eEating Culture \u003c\/em\u003ebrings order and insight to our changing relationship with food.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003eList of Tables, Diagrams and Boxes\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue: Setting the Anthropological Table\u003cbr\u003eAn Anthropological Appetite for Food\u003cbr\u003eSocial Anthropological Methods and Principles\u003cbr\u003eCuisines\u003cbr\u003ePondering the Imponderabilia: An Autoethnographic Approach\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Omnivorousness: Classifying Food\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eOmnivorousness\u003cbr\u003eThe Omnivore\u0026amp;#x2019;s Dilemma\u003cbr\u003eFood Classifications and Rules\u003cbr\u003eEating for Health: Whose Rules? Whose Authority?\u003cbr\u003eRedux Omnivore\u0026amp;#x2019;s Dilemma: Too Many Rules, Too Much Food?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Settled Ingredients: Domestic Food Production\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eFood-Getting Strategies and Cuisines\u003cbr\u003eHunter-Gathering or Foraging\u003cbr\u003eDomestication of Plants and Animals\u003cbr\u003ePastoralism\u003cbr\u003eHorticulture\u003cbr\u003eAgriculture\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Mobile Ingredients: Roots, Routes, and Realities of Industrialized Agriculture\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eImagining Global Routes\u003cbr\u003eLong-Distance Trade Routes: Spices and Exotic Foods\u003cbr\u003eRoots of Industrialized Agricultural: Plentiful Food for All?\u003cbr\u003eRetailing Food: Markets to Supermarkets\u003cbr\u003eExporting Industrial Agriculture\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Cooks and Kitchens\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eThe Origins of Fire Use and Cooking\u003cbr\u003eCooking Techniques\u003cbr\u003eCooking and Food-Getting Strategies\u003cbr\u003eBeyond Culinary Triangles: Toward Contextual Meanings\u003cbr\u003eCooking and Gender\u003cbr\u003eMen\u0026amp;#x2019;s Conspicuous Cooking: Public Cuisine\u003cbr\u003eChefs, Celebrity, and the Shaping of National Cuisines\u003cbr\u003eDomestic Kitchens: Gender and Home Cooking\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Recipes and Dishes\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eRecipes: Creating Dishes\u003cbr\u003eExperiential Cooking: Performing Domestic Recipes\u003cbr\u003eTextual Cooking: Reading Commercial Recipes\u003cbr\u003eCookbooks: Codifying National Cuisines\u003cbr\u003eBritish Cuisine: From Cookbooks to Curry\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Eating In: Commensality and Gastro-Politics\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eMeals: Patterns of Eating\u003cbr\u003eGastro-Politics\u003cbr\u003eSpecial Meals: Feasting\u003cbr\u003eTypes of Feasts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Eating Out and Gastronomy\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eEating Away from Home: A Risky Business?\u003cbr\u003eStreet Food: Eating Standing Up\u003cbr\u003eRestaurant Food: Eating Sitting Down\u003cbr\u003eCharacteristics of Restaurants\u003cbr\u003eGastronomy: Cultivating Culinary Taste\u003cbr\u003eTypes of Restaurants: Gastronomic Foodscapes\u003cbr\u003eEthnic Cuisines: Diaspora Dining\u003cbr\u003eRestaurants as \"Ethnosites\": Cross-Cultural Encounters\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Global Indigestion: Resetting the Agenda for Food Security\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eIndigestion: Malnutrition and Global Gastro-Politics\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Top Down: The Gastro-Politics of Food In\/Security\u003cbr\u003eFour Pillars of Food Security\u003cbr\u003eFood Quantity: The FAO\u0026amp;#x2019;s Agenda and Challenges\u003cbr\u003eResetting the FAO Agenda: Sustainable Agriculture\u003cbr\u003eFood Quality: The WHO\u0026amp;#x2019;s Agenda and Challenges\u003cbr\u003eResetting the WHO Agenda: Healthy Diet\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Ground Up: Grassroots Activism\u003cbr\u003eResetting the Menu: Food Security and Healthy Food\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Local Digestion: Making the Global at Home\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eFoodscapes: Materializing Global Foods\u003cbr\u003eLocal Shopping: Retailing the Meaning of Food\u003cbr\u003eFast and Tasty: Localizing Global Dishes\u003cbr\u003eLocavorism: Eating Locally\u003cbr\u003eFarmers\u0026amp;#x2019; Markets: Local Foods and Faces\u003cbr\u003eBrew and Serve: Localizing a Global Beverage\u003cbr\u003eHybrid Consumption: Local and Global Realities\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Leftovers to Takeaway\u003cbr\u003eTakeaway Cuisine\u003cbr\u003eTakeaway Leftovers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676645093656,"sku":"9781487593292","price":24.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/eating-culture-an-anthropological-guide-to-food-second-edition-paperback-softback-9781487593292","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}