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Record Nr.

UNISA996210915003316

Autore

Roncaglia Sara

Titolo

Feeding the city : work and food culture of the Mumbai dabbawalas / / Sara Roncaglia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Open Book Publishers

Cambridge, England : , : Open Book Publishers, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-909254-03-7

2-8218-5412-9

1-909254-02-9

1-909254-01-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 214 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF files(s)

Disciplina

394.12

Soggetti

Food - Social aspects - India - Mumbai

Precooked foods - Transportation - India - Mumbai

Mumbai (India) Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Translated from the Italian by Angela Arnone.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction --1. Bombay-Mumbai and the Dabbawalas: Origin and Development of a Parallel Economy --2. Dabbawala Ethics in Transition --3. Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers Charity Trust: The Shaping of Dabbawala Relations --Conclusions: Tastes and Cultures --Appendix: Theory and Practice for an Ethnography of Diversities.

Sommario/riassunto

"Feeding the City is an ethnographic study of the fascinating inner workings of Mumbai's dabbawalas. Cultural anthropologist Sara Roncaglia explains how they cater to the various dietary requirements of a diverse and increasingly global city, where the preparation and consumption of food is pervaded with religious and cultural significance."--Publisher.