Beyond Hummus and Falafel : Social and Political Aspects of Palestinian Food in Israel /

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Beyond Hummus and Falafel is the story of how food has come to play a central role in how Palestinian citizens of Israel negotiate life and a shared cultural identity within a tense political context. At the household level, Palestinian women govern food culture in the home, replicating tradition an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gvion, Liora
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Hebrew
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Recreation & Sports.
Social Sciences.
Palestinian Arabs > Attitudes.
Food habits > Social aspects.
Cooking, Arab.
COOKING > History.
COOKING > Regional & Ethnic > Middle Eastern.
Palestiniens > Israël > Attitudes.
Habitudes alimentaires > Aspect social > Israël.
Cuisine arabe.
Palestinian Arabs > Israel > Attitudes.
Food habits > Social aspects > Israel.
Israel.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface to the American Edition; Preface to the Original Edition: As If We Were Eskimos-A Most Personal Opening; Introduction: Food, Ethnicity, and Identity; PART ONE. WHAT PALESTINIAN WOMEN MUST KNOW: FOOD IN THE HOME; 1. Women's Ways of Knowing; 2. The Social Sphere: The Culinary Scene as Constructing and Reinforcing Power Relations; PART TWO. THE PUBLIC DIMENSION: THE ENCOUNTER WITH JEWISH SOCIETY; 3. Labaneh with Light Bread and Knafeh from White Cheese: Tradition and Modernity Meet; 4. Encountering Israeli Jews: "When There Is No Pride, Cookbooks Are Not Written."
  • ConclusionNotes; Glossary of Culinary Terms; A; B; C; D; F; H; J; K; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; Y; Z; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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