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The Anthropology of Food and Body
Gender, Meaning and Power
Carole M. Counihan
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The Anthropology of Food and Body
Gender, Meaning and Power
Carole M. Counihan
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The Anthropology of Food and Body explores the way that making, eating, and thinking about food reveal culturally determined gender-power relations in diverse societies. This book brings feminist and anthropological theories to bear on these provocative issues and will interest anyone investigating the relationship between food, the body, and cultural notions of gender.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Food, Culture, and Gender
- 2 Bread as World: Food Habits and Social Relations in Modernizing Sardinia
- 3 Food, Power, and Female Identity in Contemporary Florence
- 4 Food, Sex, and Reproduction: Penetration of Gender Boundaries
- 5 What Does It Mean to Be Fat, Thin, and Female?: A Review Essay
- 6 An Anthropological View of Western Womenâs Prodigious Fasting: A Review Essay
- 7 Food Rules in the United States: Individualism, Control, and Hierarchy
- 8 Fantasy Food: Gender and Food Symbolism in Preschool Childrenâs Made-Up Stories
- 9 Food as Tie and Rupture: Negotiating Intimacy and Autonomy in the Florentine Family
- 10 The Body as Voice of Desire and Connection in Florence, Italy
- 11 Body and Power in Womenâs Experiences of Reproduction in the United States
- Notes
- Bibliography
- RECIPES
- Index
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APA 6 Citation
Counihan, C. (2018). The Anthropology of Food and Body (1st ed.). Taylor and Francis. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1563277/the-anthropology-of-food-and-body-pdf (Original work published 2018)
Chicago Citation
Counihan, Carole. (2018) 2018. The Anthropology of Food and Body. 1st ed. Taylor and Francis. https://www.perlego.com/book/1563277/the-anthropology-of-food-and-body-pdf.
Harvard Citation
Counihan, C. (2018) The Anthropology of Food and Body. 1st edn. Taylor and Francis. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1563277/the-anthropology-of-food-and-body-pdf (Accessed: 25 September 2021).
MLA 7 Citation
Counihan, Carole. The Anthropology of Food and Body. 1st ed. Taylor and Francis, 2018. Web. 25 Sept. 2021.