Culinary Art and Anthropology

Zusatztext I would recommend Culinary Art and Anthropology to anyone interested in the anthropology of food and foodways. It is spicy and refreshing. Informationen zum Autor Joy Adapon is Honorary Research Fellow! University of St Andrews. Zusammenfassung An anthropological study of food. It focuses on taste and flavour using an interpretation of Alfred Gell's theory of the 'art nexus'. It explores the notion of cooking as an embodied skill and artistic practice. Including recipes to allow readers to practise the art of Mexican cooking, it offers a model for understanding food anthropologically. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction2. The Art of Mexican Cooking3. Perceptions of Mexican Cuisine4. Barbacoa in Milpa Alta5. Women as Culinary Agents6. The Cycle of Festivity7. The Centrality of Gastronomy in Social LifeGlossary

Product details

• Authors: Joy Adapon, Adapon Joy
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2008
• EAN: 9781847882127
• ISBN: 978-1-84788-212-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 234 mm x 11 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Sociology, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food, Food & society, Social and cultural anthropology