We Are What We Eat: Ethnic Food and the Making of Americans

Klappentext We Are What We Eat is a complex tale of ethnic mingling and borrowing, of entrepreneurship and connoisseurship, of food as a social and political symbol and weapon-and a thoroughly entertaining history of America's culinary tradition of multiculturalism. Donna Gabaccia invites us to consider: If we are what we eat, who are we? Zusammenfassung We Are What We Eat is a complex tale of ethnic mingling and borrowing, of entrepreneurship and connoisseurship, of food as a social and political symbol and weapon—and a thoroughly entertaining history of America’s culinary tradition of multiculturalism. Donna Gabaccia invites us to consider: If we are what we eat, who are we?

Product details

• Authors: Donna R Gabaccia, Donna R. Gabaccia
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.01.2000
• EAN: 9780674001909
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00190-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History, Sociology, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food, United States of America, USA, Social and cultural anthropology, Cookery / food and drink, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Cookery / food and drink / food writing