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Title: Writing Food History
Condition: New
EAN: 9781847888082
ISBN: 9781847888082
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 01/08/2012
Item Height: 234mm
Item Length: 156mm
Item Weight: 464g
Contributor: Kyri W. Claflin (Edited by), Peter Scholliers (Edited by)
Language: English
Subtitle: A Global Perspective
ISBN-10: 1847888089
Description: The vibrant interest in food studies among both academics and amateurs has made food history an exciting field of investigation. Taking stock of three decades of groundbreaking multidisciplinary research, the book examines two broad questions: What has history contributed to the development of food studies? How have other disciplines - sociology, anthropology, literary criticism, science, art history - influenced writing on food history in terms of approach, methodology, controversies, and knowledge of past foodways?Essays by twelve prominent scholars provide a compendium of global and multicultural answers to these questions. The contributors critically assess food history writing in the United States, Africa, Mexico and the Spanish Diaspora, India, the Ottoman Empire, the Far East - China, Japan and Korea - Europe, Jewish communities and the Middle East. Several historical eras are covered: the Ancient World, the Middle Ages, Early Modern Europe and the Modern day.The book is a unique addition to the growing literature on food history. It is required reading for anyone seeking a detailed discussion of food history research in diverse times and places.
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: History
Author: Peter Scholliers
Release Year: 2012

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