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UNINA9910466163703321 |
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Gender and food : from production to consumption and after / / edited by Marcia Texler Segal, School of Social Science, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN, USA, Vasilikie Demos, Division of the Social Sciences, University of Minnesota, Morris, Morris, MN, USA |
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United Kingdom : , : Emerald, , 2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Collana |
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Advances in gender research, , 1529-2126 ; ; volume 22 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Food habits - Social aspects |
Food - Social aspects |
Sex role |
Women in the food industry |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Gender and Food: From Production to Consumption and After; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Editorial Advisory Board; Introduction to Gender and Food: From Production to Consumption and After; Our Personal Interest in Food; Vicky; Marcia; Overview of the Volume; Gender, Food, and Social Change; Eating in Sickness and in Health; Food: Preparing and Serving it; Observations Regarding Methods and Themes; Methods; Intersectionality; Caring/Emotional Work; Policy Implications; Closing Thoughts on Gender and Food; Notes; Acknowledgments; References |
Part I: Gender, Food and Social Change Food Trends through Two Generations among Saami in Arctic Fennoscandia; Situating the Gendered Division of Food Practices; Globalism before Its Time; Women's Food Practices Two Generations Ago; Traditional Foodways among the Nomadic Saami; Traditional Foodways among the Settled Saami; Jumping Ahead Two Generations: Women's Changing Roles in the Ecology of Food; Contemporary Food Distribution Patterns; "Meals" and "Dishes," Revisited; The Year in Terms of Food Acquisition; |
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Strangers and Hospitality, Visiting and Trading Partners |
Global Meets Local and Vice-Versa References; Three Sisters from the Outer Boroughs: Class, Reproduction, and Food in the Early 1940's through the Mid-1950's; Theory; The Working Class; The Sisters in the Paid and Unpaid Labor Force; Their Husbands; Intersectionality; Food Production and Consumption in Context; The Beginnings; Food and the Road from Kosher Cooking; Our Grandmother; Nuclear and Extended Family Living in Summer and Winter; Winter Food at Aunt Ida's; Winter Suppers at Aunt Paulie's and Aunt Doris's Apartments; Company; Eating Out; Summers in Rockaway; Extended Family Living |
The Division of Labor Summer Guests; Political Economy; Government Regulation and Food during World War II; The OPA; The End of the Rockaway Years; The Move to the Suburbs and the Beginning of a Middle-Class Lifestyle; Food after World War II and the Growth of Monopoly Capital; The Growth of Supermarkets; Eating Style; Uneven Development in Food Preparation; A Short Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Traditional Provisioning Responsibilities of Women in Northern Ghana; Gender and Land among the Dagomba of Northern Ghana; Conceptual Framework; Methodology; Study Area |
Reconstruction of Tradition in Relation to Women's Land Use Modes of Access to Farm Land; Traditional Modes of Access; Lineage; Marriage; Widows and Inheritance; Other Men in the Community; Access to Economic Trees; Contemporary Modes of Access; Land Markets; The Land Administration Project; Government Irrigation Schemes; The Farmer's Union; Supervisory Farmers; Women's Land Access: Change and Continuity; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Access to Opportunity: A Case Study of Street Food Vendors in Ghana's Urban Informal Economy |
Past Approaches to Gender, Development, and the Informal Economy |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Volume 22 explores the complex relationships between gender and food in a variety of locations and time periods using a range of research methods. Gender inequality as it affects the struggle for access to land, the affordability of food, and its nutritional value is identified as a major social policy issue. |
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