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Food and cultural studies /

"Food and Cultural Studies re-examines the interdisciplinary history of food studies, from the semiotics of Barthes and the anthropology of Levi-Strauss to Elias's historical analysis and Bourdieu's work on the relationship between food, consumption and cultural identity. The authors...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Ashley, Bob, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Series:Studies in consumption and markets.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Food and Cultural Studies re-examines the interdisciplinary history of food studies, from the semiotics of Barthes and the anthropology of Levi-Strauss to Elias's historical analysis and Bourdieu's work on the relationship between food, consumption and cultural identity. The authors then go on to explore subjects as divserse as food and nation, the gendering of eating in, the phenomenon of TV chefs, food-related moral panics and the ethics of vegetarianism."
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 240 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-228) and index.
ISBN:0203646916
9780203646915
9786610077144
6610077142
9781134490042
1134490046
9781134489992
1134489994
9781134490035
1134490038
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