Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions into Eating, Power, and the PastBeacon Press, 1997 M08 14 - 170 páginas 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. |
Contenido
Introduction | 1 |
Tasting Food Tasting Freedom | 33 |
The Conquest of Honey by Sucrose | 50 |
Sugar and Morality | 67 |
Color Taste and Purity | 84 |
High Low and Not at All | 92 |
Eating American | 106 |
Notes | 125 |
Works Cited | 135 |
145 | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions Into Eating, Culture, and the Past Sidney Wilfred Mintz Vista de fragmentos - 1996 |
Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions Into Eating, Culture, and the Past Sidney Wilfred Mintz Vista de fragmentos - 1996 |
Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions into Eating, Power, and the Past Sidney Wilfred Mintz Sin vista previa disponible - 2001 |
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