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 Shi'ite Iranians. Through the analysis of the consumption practices of this particular migrant group, this book illustrates how both the nutritional value and the 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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN-13
9781571816344
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95227829
Product Key Features
Author
Lynn Harbottle
Publication Name
Food for Health, Food for Wealth: Ethnic and Gender Identities in British Iranian Communities
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Social Sciences, Anthropology
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
196 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
140mm
Item Weight
236g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Lynn Harbottle
Series Title
Anthropology of Food & Nutrition
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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