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Eating Together: Food, Friendship and Inequality
Alice P. Julier
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Description for Eating Together: Food, Friendship and Inequality
Paperback. An insightful map of the landscape of social meals, this book argues that the ways in which we eat together play a central role in social life. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
An insightful map of the landscape of social meals, Eating Together: Food, Friendship, and Inequality argues that the ways in which Americans eat together play a central role in social life in the United States. Delving into a wide range of research, Alice P. Julier analyzes etiquette and entertaining books from the past century and conducts interviews and observations of dozens of hosts and guests at dinner parties, potlucks, and buffets. She finds that when people invite friends, neighbors, or family members to share meals within their households, social inequalities involving race, economics, and gender reveal themselves in interesting ways: ... Read more
An insightful map of the landscape of social meals, Eating Together: Food, Friendship, and Inequality argues that the ways in which Americans eat together play a central role in social life in the United States. Delving into a wide range of research, Alice P. Julier analyzes etiquette and entertaining books from the past century and conducts interviews and observations of dozens of hosts and guests at dinner parties, potlucks, and buffets. She finds that when people invite friends, neighbors, or family members to share meals within their households, social inequalities involving race, economics, and gender reveal themselves in interesting ways: ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252079184
SKU
V9780252079184
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Ref
99-1
About Alice P. Julier
Alice Julier is an associate professor and the master's program director of food studies at Chatham University.
Reviews for Eating Together: Food, Friendship and Inequality
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2014.— A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2014.