ISBN:
9781317833680
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1317833686
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online Ressource (xi, 292 pages)
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illustrations.
Serie:
Mary Douglas volume IX
Serie:
collected works
Paralleltitel:
Print version Food in the social order
DDC:
394.120973
Schlagwort(e):
Food habits United States
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United States
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USA
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Food habits
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COOKING ; Regional & Ethnic ; Asian
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COOKING ; Regional & Ethnic ; American
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Food habits
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Gastmahl
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Soziologie
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Fest
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United States
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USA
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
1. Standard social uses of food : introduction / Mary Douglas -- 2. Metaphysical aspects of an Oglala food system / William K. Powers, Marla M.N. Powers -- 3. Sociocultural dynamics and food habits in a southern community / Tony Larry Whitehead -- 4. Meal formats, meal cycles, and menu negotiation in the maintenance of an Italian-American community / Judith G. Goode, Karen Curtis, Janet Theophano -- 5. Measurement of calendrical information in food-taking behavior / Jonathan L. Gross.
Kurzfassung:
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
Anmerkung:
Originally published: Russell Sage Foundation, 1984. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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Originally published: Russell Sage Foundation, 1984
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