Food in the Social Order

ISBN-13: 9780415291125 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 292 str.

Mary Douglas

Opis

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, and meal formats in an Italian-American community near Philadelphia. It also includes a grid/group analysis of food consumption.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Mary Douglas