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The Cultural Politics of Food and Eating offers an ethnographically informed perspective on the ways in which people use food to make sense of life in an increasingly interconnected world. * Uses food as a central idiom for teaching about culture and addresses broad themes such as globalization, capitalism, market economies, and consumption practices * Spanning 5 continents, features studies from 11 countries-Japan, China, Russia, Ukraine, Germany, France, Burkina Faso, Chile, Trinidad, Mexico, and the United States * Offers discussion of such hot topics as sushi, fast food, gourmet foods, and food scares and contamination

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Cultural studies

• Full title: Cultural Politics of Food and Eating - A Reader
• Author: James L Watson
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 332
• EAN: 9780631230939
• ISBN: 0631230939
• ID: 04111003
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Weight: 626 g
• Dimensions: 245 × 173 × 32 mm
• Date of publishing: 03. November 2004

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