Food in the Social Order

ISBN-13: 9780415488525 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 308 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, 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