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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821318503321

Autore

Julier Alice P

Titolo

Eating together : food, friendship, and inequality / / Alice P. Julier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, 2013

ISBN

0-252-09488-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

394.1/2

Soggetti

Food habits

Dinners and dining

Table etiquette

Eating (Philosophy)

Social networks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Feeding Friends and Others""; ""2. From Formality to Comfort""; ""3. Dinner Parties in America""; ""4. Sweetening the Pot""; ""5. Potlucks""; ""6. Artfulness, Solidarity, and Intimacy""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

An insightful map of the landscape of social meals, this work argues that the ways in which we eat together play a central role in social life.