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Caribbean Food Cultures
. Ed(S): Beushausen, Wiebke; Bruske, Anne; Commichau, Ana-Sofia; Helber, Patrick; Kloss, Sinah
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Paperback. Editor(s): Beushausen, Wiebke; Bruske, Anne; Commichau, Ana-Sofia; Helber, Patrick; Kloss, Sinah. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 b/w & 1 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KJ; JH; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
»Caribbean Food Cultures« approaches the matter of food from the perspectives of anthropology, sociology, cultural and literary studies. Its strong interdisciplinary focus provides new insights into symbolic and material food practices beyond eating, drinking, cooking, or etiquette. The contributors discuss culinary aesthetics and neo/colonial gazes on the Caribbean in literary documents, audiovisual media, and popular images. They investigate the negotiation of communities and identities through the preparation, consumption, and commodification of »authentic« food. Furthermore, the authors emphasize the influence of underlying socioeconomic power relations for the reinvention of Caribbean and Western identities in the wake of migration and transnationalism. The ... Read more
»Caribbean Food Cultures« approaches the matter of food from the perspectives of anthropology, sociology, cultural and literary studies. Its strong interdisciplinary focus provides new insights into symbolic and material food practices beyond eating, drinking, cooking, or etiquette. The contributors discuss culinary aesthetics and neo/colonial gazes on the Caribbean in literary documents, audiovisual media, and popular images. They investigate the negotiation of communities and identities through the preparation, consumption, and commodification of »authentic« food. Furthermore, the authors emphasize the influence of underlying socioeconomic power relations for the reinvention of Caribbean and Western identities in the wake of migration and transnationalism. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837626926
SKU
V9783837626926
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About . Ed(S): Beushausen, Wiebke; Bruske, Anne; Commichau, Ana-Sofia; Helber, Patrick; Kloss, Sinah
Wiebke Beushausen is a research assistant in the junior research group »From the Caribbean to North America and Back« and PhD candidate in literary studies at Heidelberg University. Anne Brüske (PhD) is the head of the junior research group »From the Caribbean to North America and Back« at Heidelberg University since October 2010. She holds a PhD in Romance literature ... Read more
Reviews for Caribbean Food Cultures
»Durch diese wissenschaftliche Aufbereitung lässt sich verfolgen, wie mit fortschreitender Globalisierung das Einzelne und Besondere weiter zu existieren vermag, wie es sich verändert oder aber auch im Austausch mit anderen Kulturen verloren geht. Die Kurzbiografien der beteiligten Autoren lassen erkennen, wie vielseitig das Herangehen an die Thematik erfolgte.« Amerindian Research, 9/3 (2014) Besprochen in: Crolar, 4/2 (2015), Raúl ... Read more