Food for Health, Food for Wealth Ethnic and Gender Identities in British Iranian Communities
Food and eating practices are central to current sociological and anthropological concerns about the body, health, consumption, and identity. This study explores the importance of these themes as they intersect with processes of globalization and cultural production within a specific group of consum...
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York ; Oxford
Berghahn Books
[2000]
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| Schriftenreihe: | Anthropology of Food Nutrition
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| Online-Zugang: | DE-1046 DE-1043 DE-858 DE-Aug4 DE-859 DE-860 DE-739 DE-473 URL des Erstveröffentlichers |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Food and eating practices are central to current sociological and anthropological concerns about the body, health, consumption, and identity. This study explores the importance of these themes as they intersect with processes of globalization and cultural production within a specific group of consumers, British Sh'ite Iranians. Through the analysis of the consumption practices of this particular migrant group, this book illustrates how both the nutritional value and symbolic significance of food contribute to its health-giving properties and how gender and ethnic identities are preformed and reinforced through the medium of food-work in public and private spheres. At the same time, as this study demonstrates, migration modifies and transfigures such identities and produces hybrid cultures and cuisines |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Okt 2022) |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (196 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9781782381785 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9781782381785 |