LEADER 02236nam 2200481 450 001 9910554232603321 005 20221003045504.0 010 $a9780300263077$b(electronic book) 010 $a0-300-26307-4 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300263077 035 $a(CKB)5510000000041463 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6687699 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6687699 035 $a(OCoLC)1263028604 035 $a(DE-B1597)600654 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300263077 035 $a(EXLCZ)995510000000041463 100 $a20220413d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWhy food matters /$fPaul Freedman 210 1$aNew Haven, CT :$cYale University Press,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 204 pages) 225 1 $aWhy X Matters 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1: Feast and Famine -- 2: Religious Rules and Gastronomic Identity -- 3: Taste -- 4: Rejecting and Enjoying the Food of Others -- 5: Food and Health -- 6: Women, Men, and Food -- 7: Race -- 8 Conviviality -- 9: Food and the Present Crises. 330 $aAn award-winning historian makes the case for food's cultural importance, stressing its crucial role throughout human history. In this short, passionate book, Paul Freedman makes the case for food's vital importance, stressing its crucial role in the evolution of human identity and human civilizations. Freedman presents a highly readable and illuminating account of food's unique role in our lives, a way of expressing community and celebration, but also divisive with regard to race, cultural difference, gender, and geography. This wide-ranging book is a must-read for food lovers and all those interested in how cultures and identities are formed and maintained. 410 0$aWhy X matters. 606 $aFood$xHistory 606 $aFood habits 615 0$aFood$xHistory. 615 0$aFood habits. 700 $aFreedman$b Paul$f1949-$01221960 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910554232603321 996 $aWhy food matters$92833712 997 $aUNINA