Nomadic Food - Anthropological and Historical Studies Around the World

This enlightening collection of essays from expert scholars examines the idea of food nomadism and food nomads. Looking at the role of mobility and the influence of food manufacturers and related industries, they reveal the complexities of this intriguing subject.

List of contents

1 From Noun (the Food of the Nomads) to Adjective (Nomadic Eating)

Isabelle Bianquis

2 Mongolian Nomadic Herders are Sedentary Eaters

Sandrine Ruhlmann

3 McDonald's in the Desert: Bedouins, Fast-Food, and Modernity in Southern Israel

Nir Avieli

4 Nomadism in the Food Culture of the Yakuts and the Indigenous Peoples of Yakutia

Izabella Borisova and Antonina Vinokurova

5 Circulating Food Practices and Food Representations on Senegalese Inhabitants of Bordeaux and Dakar

Chantal Crenn

6 Space-Food: Food in Mobile Technological Environments of Late High-Modernity

Alwin Cubasch

7 Eating on Corsica's GR Footpaths and Trails: Choosing between Hi-tech and Tradition

Philippe Pesteil

8 Italian-Sounding: A World Carrier of a Traveling Cuisine

Giovanni Ceccarelli and Stefano Magagnoli

9 Imagining Culinary Nomadism: Food Exchanges Shaped by Global Mixed Race, Diasporic Belongings, and Cosmopolitan Sensibilites

Jean Duruz

10 The Traveling Priest: Food for the Spirit and Food for the Body

Luciano Maffi

11 Conclusion: From Anthropology to History

Jean-Pierre Williot

Notes

Index

About the Editors and Contributors

About the author

Edited by Jean Pierre Williot and Isabelle Bianquis

Product details

• Authors: Jean Pierre Bianquis Williot
• Assisted by: Isabelle Bianquis (Editor), Jean Pierre Williot (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781538159644
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-5964-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food, Food & society, Cultural studies: food & society