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Food, Power, and Agency (Hardcover)
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Food, Power, and Agency (Hardcover)
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Grounded in the work of Roland Barthes, Bruno Latour, Pierre
Bourdieu, and Michel Foucault, this exciting book uses food as a
lens to examine agency and the political, economic, social, and
cultural power which underlies every choice of food and every act
of eating. The book is divided into three parts - National
Characters; Anthropological Situations; Health - with each of the
eight chapters exploring the power of food as well as the power
relationships reflected and refracted through food. Featuring
contributions from historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and
cultural studies scholars from around the world, the book offers
case studies of a diverse range -from German cuisine and ethnicity
in San Francisco after the Gold Rush, through Italian cuisine in
Japan, to 'ultragreasy bureks' and teenage fast food consumption in
Slovenia. By directly engaging with questions of agency and power,
the book pushes the field of food studies in new directions. An
important read for students and researchers in food studies, food
history, anthropology of food, and sociology of food.
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