Food in the social order : studies of food and festivities in three American communities

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Food in the social order : studies of food and festivities in three American communities

Mary Douglas

(Collected works / Mary Douglas, v. 9)

Routledge, 2003

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Reprint. Originally published by Russell Sage Foundation, 1984

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

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.

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  • NCID
    BA59404944
  • ISBN
    • 0415291127
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 292 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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