Readings on the Anthropology of Food

Cuisine, Culture, and Power

Robert C. Ulin

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English

Cognella, Inc
07 November 2023

Food & society; Social & cultural anthropology; Cookery, food & drink

Readings on the Anthropology of Food: Cuisine, Culture, and Power provides students with a

collection of articles that emphasize the close relationship between history, culture, and power in shaping the options that most people face globally in terms of the varieties of food systems. The readings critique the industrialist capitalist food system, evaluate alternative systems, and address critical themes such as GMOs, the mythology of natural food shortages, tourism, and climate change.

The anthology is arranged into six units: Nationalism and Food, Work and Food, Theories of Food, Politics and Food, Tourism and Food, and Climate Change. Students read about the interplay between food and identity, child labour in the food industry, the social meanings of coffee, wine tourism, plant-based proteins, food inequality, and much more. Each unit features an editor's introduction and discussion questions to emphasize key concepts and spark lively discussion.

Designed to highlight an often-overlooked aspect of our food systems--the people behind them, Readings on the Anthropology of Food is an ideal primary or supplementary textbook for courses that explore the social, cultural, and political issues related to food.

By: Robert C. Ulin
Imprint: Cognella, Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781793569783
ISBN 10: 1793569789
Pages: 366
Publication Date: 07 November 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert C. Ulin is a professor of anthropology at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York, where he teaches courses in social and cultural theory, cultural anthropology, and cuisine, culture, and power. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in anthropology from the New School of Social Research. Dr. Ulin's research interests include political economy, ethnohistory, globalization, nationalism, the anthropology of food, and the anthropology of Europe, France, Germany, North America, and the Caribbean.