Bitter and sweet : food, meaning, and modernity in rural China /

"Less than a half century ago, China experienced a cataclysmic famine, which was particularly devastating in the countryside. For older people in rural areas, food now symbolizes everything from misery and extreme want to relative abundance. Young people, on the other hand, have a different rel...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Oxfeld, Ellen, 1953- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Collection:California studies in food and culture ; 63.
Sujets:
2000-2099
Food supply > China.
Food consumption > China.
Rural families > China.
Urbanization > China.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > China > History > 21st century.
Aliments > Consommation > Chine.
Familles rurales > Chine.
Urbanisation > Chine.
Agriculture > Aspect économique > Chine > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Aliments > Approvisionnement > Chine.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Agriculture > Economic aspects
Food consumption
Food supply
Rural families
Urbanization
China
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The value of food in rural China
  • Labor
  • Memory
  • Exchange
  • Morality
  • Conviviality.

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