Food for Health, Food for Wealth : Ethnic and Gender Identities in British Iranian Communities.

Food and eating practices are central to current sociological and anthropological concerns about the body, health, consumption, and identity. This study explores the importance of these themes as they intersect with processes of globalization and cultural production within a specific group of consum...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harbottle, Lynn (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2000.
Colección:Anthropology of Food & Nutrition.
Temas:
Iranians > Food > Great Britain.
Iranians > Great Britain > Social conditions.
Women immigrants > Great Britain > Social conditions.
Women > Iran > Social conditions.
Food habits > Great Britain.
Food habits > Iran.
Iraniens > Alimentation > Grande-Bretagne.
Iraniens > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales.
Immigrantes > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Iran > Conditions sociales.
Habitudes alimentaires > Grande-Bretagne.
Habitudes alimentaires > Iran.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Food habits
Iranians > Social conditions
Women immigrants > Social conditions
Women > Social conditions
Great Britain
Iran
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Food and eating practices are central to current sociological and anthropological concerns about the body, health, consumption, and identity. This study explores the importance of these themes as they intersect with processes of globalization and cultural production within a specific group of consumers, British Sh''ite Iranians. Through the analysis of the consumption practices of this particular migrant group, this book illustrates how both the nutritional value and symbolic significance of food contribute to its health-giving properties and how gender and ethnic identities are preformed and.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (192 pages).
ISBN:9781782381785
1782381783

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