Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions Into Eating, Power, And The Past - Brossura

Mintz, Sidney W.

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ISBN 10: 0807046299 ISBN 13: 9780807046296

Casa editrice: Beacon Press, 1997

Riassunto

A renowned anthropologist explores the history and meaning of eating in America.

Addressing issues ranging from the global phenomenon of Coca-Cola to the diets of American slaves, Sidney Mintz shows how our choices about food are shaped by a vast and increasingly complex global economy. He demonstrates that our food choices have enormous and often surprising significance.

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Recensione:

'A buffet of information.' --Gael McCarthy, The New York Times

'A collection of thoughtful. . . . essays. [Mintz's] writing is intellectually lively and stylistically colorful.' --Colman Andrews, Saveur

L'autore:

Sidney W. Mintz, author of Worker in the Cane, Carribbean Transformations, and Sweetness and Power is professor of anthropology at Johns Hopkins University.

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• Editore: Beacon Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0807046299
• ISBN 13: 9780807046296
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 170