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

• Autore: Roncaglia Sara
• Pubblicazione: Open Book Publishers; Cambridge, England : , : Open Book Publishers, , 2013; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 214 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF files(s)
• Disciplina: 394.12
• Soggetto topico: Food - Social aspects - India - Mumbai; Precooked foods - Transportation - India - Mumbai
• Soggetto geografico: Mumbai (India) Social conditions
• Soggetto non controllato: Dabbawalas; Mumbai; food culture; India
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Feeding the city
• ISBN: 1-909254-03-7; 2-8218-5412-9; 1-909254-02-9; 1-909254-01-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910140173703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II