Mary Douglas

Food in the Social Order

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1984, This work is a cross-cultural study of the moral and social meaning of food. It is a collection of articles by Douglas and her colleagues covering the food system of the Oglala Sioux, the food habits of families in rural North Carolina, meal formats in an Italian-American community near Philadelphia. It also includes a grid/group analysis of food consumption.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780415488525
• ISBN-10: 0415488524
• Artikelnr.: 26686418

Autorenporträt

Mary Douglas

Inhaltsangabe

1: Standard Social Uses of Food: Introduction
2: Metaphysical aspects of an Oglala Food System
3: Sociocultural Dynamics and Food Habits in a Southern Community
4: Meal Formats, Meal Cycles, and Menu Negotiation in the Maintenance of an Italian-American Community
5: Measurement of Calendrical Information in Food-Taking Behavior