Adventures in eating : anthropological experiences in dining from around the world / / edited by Helen R. Haines and Clare A. Sammells

• Pubblicazione: Boulder : , : University Press of Colorado, , 2010; ©2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 292 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 394.1/209
• Soggetto topico: Electronic books. -- local; Food habits; Food preferences; Dinners and dining
• Altri autori: HainesHelen R SammellsClare A. <1973->
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Contributors; Wold Map; CHAPTER ONE The Importance of Food and Feasting around the World; Methodologies, or What Food Can Tell Us; Setting the Table; Notes; References; SECTION I The Main Course; CHAPTER TWO Boiled Eggs with Chicks Inside, or What Commensality Means; Appetizer; First Course: The Meanings of Commensality; Second Course: Reflux and Reflexivity; Third Course: Gustatory Distinctions and Ambivalence; Fourth Course: Bland Yet Filling Food Connections; DESSERT; References; CHAPTER THREE A Rat by Any Other Name ; Biology and History of Agouti PACA; My First Experience with Gibnut; It's All About Dinner; The End of My Ignorance; Notes; References; CHAPTER FOUR The Delicacy of Raising and Eating Guinea Pig; Introduction: The Cuy; First Encounters: Acceptance and Tolerance; Post-Initiation: Raising the General State of the Cuy; Conclusion: Hopes and Dreams of Cavia Porcellus; Note; References; CHAPTER FIVE Termites Tell the Tale; Adventures with Termites; Termites are Good to Think; Research Site and Methods; Globalization of an Indigenous Food System; From Abundance to Scarcity ; Globalization and Enjala (Hunger); Globalization and Social Change; Epilogue: Becoming Musamia, or We Are What We Eat; Notes; References; SECTION II Side Dishes and Accompaniments; CHAPTER SIX Ode to a Chuño; How to Plant a ChuÑo; Making ChuÑo; The Beginning of a Love Affair with a Not-Exactly Potato; ChuÑo-Less Tourists; Good to Eat; Good to Think; Good to Relate; Touristic Cuisines; Notes; References; CHAPTER SEVEN Durian; Durian Facts; Views on Durian; Trying Durian; Conclusion; References; CHAPTER EIGHT MSG and Sugar; Fieldwork Research in an Urban Jungle ; Emergence of Dominican Food Systems; Dominican Food Practices in New York City; MSG And Sugar; Surviving the Field: To Confess or Not to Confess; Eating in the Field and the Predicaments of Native Ethnography; References; SECTION III Table Manners and Other Rules to Eat By; CHAPTER NINE Eating Incorrectly in Japan; The Incident; Relativism in Anthropology and in Life; Why do the Japanese Still Eat Whale?; Food and Identity; Recent Developments; Conclusion; Notes; References; CHAPTER TEN No Heads, No Feet, No Monkeys, No Dogs; Reference; CHAPTER ELEVEN Buona Forchetta; Note; References ; CHAPTER TWELVE "No Thanks, I Don't Eat Meat"; Argentina and Beef; TucumÁn and Methods; Beef Eating; The First Asado; Doing the Research as a Vegetarian; Further Understanding the Beef; Conclusion; Note; References; CHAPTER THIRTEEN Eating with the Blackfeet; Background and History; Blackfeet Foodways Today; The Bidirectional Gaze; Note; References; SECTION IV Beverages; CHAPTER FOURTEEN Drinking Ethiopia; Ethiopia: The Land and the Food Resources; A Comment on the Culturally Symbolic Significance of Food And Drink; Injera: The Mainstay thin Pancake-Like Sourdough Bread; Berbere: The Mainstay Sauce in Ethiopian Cuisine
• Titolo autorizzato: Adventures in eating
• ISBN: 1-60732-015-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791572203321
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