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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824036403321

Autore

Douglas Mary <1921-2007., >

Titolo

Food in the social order : studies of food and festivities in three American communities / / Mary Douglas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

0-415-48852-4

1-315-82404-3

1-317-83368-6

1-317-83369-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Mary Douglas collected works ; ; 9

Disciplina

394.120973

Soggetti

Food habits - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1973 by Routledge--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Standard social uses of food : introduction / Mary Douglas -- 2. Metaphysical aspects of an Oglala food system / William K. Powers, Marla M.N. Powers -- 3. Sociocultural dynamics and food habits in a southern community / Tony Larry Whitehead -- 4. Meal formats, meal cycles, and menu negotiation in the maintenance of an Italian-American community / Judith G. Goode, Karen Curtis, Janet Theophano -- 5. Measurement of calendrical information in food-taking behavior / Jonathan L. Gross.

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1984, This work is a cross-cultural study of the moral and social meaning of food.  It is a collection of articles by Douglas and her colleagues covering the food system of the Oglala Sioux, the food habits of families in rural North Carolina, meal formats in an Italian-American community near Philadelphia. It also includes a grid/group analysis of food consumption.