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Rice and Beans: A Unique Dish in a Hundred Places
Wilk Richard
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Description for Rice and Beans: A Unique Dish in a Hundred Places
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Rice and Beans is a book about the paradox of local and global. On the one hand, this is a globe-spanning dish, a simple source of complete nutrition for billions of people in hundreds of countries. On the other hand, in every place people insist that rice and beans is a local invention, deeply rooted in a particular history and culture. How can something so universal also be so particular? The authors of this book explore the specific history of the versions of rice and beans beloved and indigenous in cultures from Brazil to West Africa. But they also ... Read more
Rice and Beans is a book about the paradox of local and global. On the one hand, this is a globe-spanning dish, a simple source of complete nutrition for billions of people in hundreds of countries. On the other hand, in every place people insist that rice and beans is a local invention, deeply rooted in a particular history and culture. How can something so universal also be so particular? The authors of this book explore the specific history of the versions of rice and beans beloved and indigenous in cultures from Brazil to West Africa. But they also ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847889041
SKU
V9781847889041
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Ref
99-50
About Wilk Richard
Richard Wilk is Provost's Professor of Anthropology and Director of Food Studies at Indiana University. His recent books include Home Cooking in the Global Village (Berg, 2006) and Fast Food/Slow Food (2006). Livia Barbosa is Professor of Anthropology and Research Director at the Center of Advanced Studies of the Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing in the state of ... Read more
Reviews for Rice and Beans: A Unique Dish in a Hundred Places
Rice and Beans provides an excellent examination and deep insight into the important and varied roles these food play in the diets, lives, and cultures of people across the Americas.
Jane Fajans, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Cornell University
This book fills a gap in the food literature by focusing upon a dish which is widely found in the ... Read more
Jane Fajans, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Cornell University
This book fills a gap in the food literature by focusing upon a dish which is widely found in the ... Read more