Culinary Art and Anthropology (Hardcover)

"Culinary Art and Anthropology" is an anthropological study of food. It focuses on taste and flavor using an original interpretation of Alfred Gell's theory of the "art nexus." Grounded in ethnography, it explores the notion of cooking as an embodied skill and artistic practice. The integral role and concept of "flavor" in everyday life is examined among cottage industry barbacoa makers in Milpa Alta, an outer district of Mexico City. Women's work and local festive occasions are examined against a background of material on professional chefs who reproduce "traditional" Mexican cooking in restaurant settings. Including recipes to allow readers to practice the art of Mexican cooking, "Culinary Art and Anthropology" offers a sensual, theoretically sophisticated model for understanding food anthropologically. It will appeal to social scientists, food lovers, and those interested in the growing fields of food studies and the anthropology of the senses.

General

Imprint:	Berg Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2008
First published:	August 2008
Authors:	Joy Adapon
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-1-84788-213-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Customs Promotions
LSN:	1-84788-213-7
Barcode:	9781847882134

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