{"product_id":"the-cultural-politics-of-food-and-eating-a-reader-paperback","title":"The Cultural Politics of Food and Eating: A Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames L. Watson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMelissa L. Caldwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses food as a central idiom for teaching about culture and addresses broad themes such as globalization, capitalism, market economies, and consumption practices\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSpanning 5 continents, features studies from 11 countries--Japan, China, Russia, Ukraine, Germany, France, Burkina Faso, Chile, Trinidad, Mexico, and the United States\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers discussion of such hot topics as sushi, fast food, gourmet foods, and food scares and contamination\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFood is an important and endlessly fascinating lens for social and cultural analysis -not only for anthropologists, but also for scholars of history, literature, cultural studies, political economy, and public policy. The subject is a central idiom for understanding cultural practices and for teaching about culture on many levels. \u003ci\u003eThe Cultural Politics of Food and Eating\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of readings that uses the study of food as a vehicle for addressing broad themes that are emerging in social anthropology: globalization, capitalism, market economies, and consumption practices. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cultural Politics of Food and Eating\u003c\/i\u003e offers an ethnographically informed perspective on the ways in which people use food to make sense of life in an increasingly interconnected world. It includes studies from eleven countries across five continents on such hot topics as sushi, fast food, gourmet foods, and food scares and contamination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames L. Watson\u003c\/b\u003e is Fairbank Professor of Chinese Society and Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University. His books include \u003ci\u003eGolden Arches East: McDonald's in\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eEast Asia\u003c\/i\u003e(edited 1998), \u003ci\u003eVillage Life in Hong Kong\u003c\/i\u003e (with Rubie Watson, 2004), and \u003ci\u003eBetween Two Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e (edited, Blackwell, 1977).\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelissa L. Caldwell\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eNot by Bread Alone: Social Support in the New Russia\u003c\/i\u003e (2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 9.64 x 6.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 27, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52298681188626,"sku":"9780631230939","price":120.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/VDRxaVNodVF6bTl0SXpSM3BGRi8xQT09.webp?v=1779803581","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/the-cultural-politics-of-food-and-eating-a-reader-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}