Frontiers of Taste
Zane Ma Rhea
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Description for Frontiers of Taste
Hardback. Num Pages: 223 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 17 colour illustrations, 47 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HBJM; JFC; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 509.
This book provides a critical, multiperspective, sociohistorical analysis of the role of food in postcolonial Indigenous, British and French settler relations. Drawing on archival resources from Australian explorers, settlers and nation builders, the book argues that contemporary issues of food security, sovereignty and sustainability have been significantly shaped by the colonial impact on human foodways. The author goes on to enhance readers’ understanding of how contact between inhabitants and newcomers was shaped and informed by food, and how these engagements established a modus vivendi that carries through to the present day.
Based on the assessment of archival records, it uses ... Read more
This book provides a critical, multiperspective, sociohistorical analysis of the role of food in postcolonial Indigenous, British and French settler relations. Drawing on archival resources from Australian explorers, settlers and nation builders, the book argues that contemporary issues of food security, sovereignty and sustainability have been significantly shaped by the colonial impact on human foodways. The author goes on to enhance readers’ understanding of how contact between inhabitants and newcomers was shaped and informed by food, and how these engagements established a modus vivendi that carries through to the present day.
Based on the assessment of archival records, it uses ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789811016295
SKU
V9789811016295
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About Zane Ma Rhea
Dr Ma Rhea has been involved in various social justice ‘food movements’ over the past 30 years beginning with her involvement with Indigenous Australian communities and other communities living in poverty. She was involved in a food cooperative in Bath in the early 1980s and then went to Spain and ran a vegetarian restaurant in Rhonda, Andalucía, Spain. ... Read more
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