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Researching Food Habits : Methods and Problems / ed. by Jeremy MacClancy, Helen Macbeth.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Anthropology of Food Nutrition ; 5Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (228 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781571815453
  • 9781782386124
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 394.1 394.1/2 394.12
LOC classification:
  • GT2850
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- PREFACE -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION: HOW TO DO ANTHROPOLOGIES OF FOOD -- 1. ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD AND PLURIDISCIPLINARITY -- 2. DEFINITIONS, CONCEPTS AND METHODS IN THE ETHNOBOTANY OF FOOD PLANTS -- 3. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD -- 4. ‘TELL ME WHAT YOU EAT AND YOU WILL TELL ME WHO YOU ARE’ -- 5. FOOD, IDENTITY, IDENTIFICATION -- 6. DOING IT WRONG -- 7. METHODS FOR ASSESSING TASTE ABILITIES AND HEDONIC RESPONSES IN HUMAN AND NONHUMAN PRIMATES -- 8. RESEARCHING FOOD PREFERENCES -- 9. DIETARY INTAKE METHODS IN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD AND NUTRITION -- 10. STUDYING FOOD INTAKE FREQUENCY -- 11. THE CONCEPT OF ENERGY BALANCE AND THE QUANTIFICATION OF TIME ALLOCATION AND ENERGY EXPENDITURE -- 12. METHODS FOR OBTAINING QUANTITATIVE DATA ON FOOD HABITS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY -- 13. RECONSTRUCTING DIETS FOR COMPENSATION FOR NUCLEAR TESTING IN RONGELAP, MARSHALL ISLANDS -- 14. FOOD, CULTURE, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC IDENTITY -- EPILOGUE: SOME FINAL HINTS -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX
Summary: The term 'Anthropology of Food' has become an accepted abbreviation for the study of anthropological perspectives on food, diet and nutrition, an increasingly important subdivision of anthropology that encompasses a rich variety of perspectives, academic approaches, theories, and methods. Its multi-disciplinary nature adds to its complexity. This is the first publication to offer guidance for researchers working in this diverse and expanding field of anthropology.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- PREFACE -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION: HOW TO DO ANTHROPOLOGIES OF FOOD -- 1. ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD AND PLURIDISCIPLINARITY -- 2. DEFINITIONS, CONCEPTS AND METHODS IN THE ETHNOBOTANY OF FOOD PLANTS -- 3. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD -- 4. ‘TELL ME WHAT YOU EAT AND YOU WILL TELL ME WHO YOU ARE’ -- 5. FOOD, IDENTITY, IDENTIFICATION -- 6. DOING IT WRONG -- 7. METHODS FOR ASSESSING TASTE ABILITIES AND HEDONIC RESPONSES IN HUMAN AND NONHUMAN PRIMATES -- 8. RESEARCHING FOOD PREFERENCES -- 9. DIETARY INTAKE METHODS IN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD AND NUTRITION -- 10. STUDYING FOOD INTAKE FREQUENCY -- 11. THE CONCEPT OF ENERGY BALANCE AND THE QUANTIFICATION OF TIME ALLOCATION AND ENERGY EXPENDITURE -- 12. METHODS FOR OBTAINING QUANTITATIVE DATA ON FOOD HABITS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY -- 13. RECONSTRUCTING DIETS FOR COMPENSATION FOR NUCLEAR TESTING IN RONGELAP, MARSHALL ISLANDS -- 14. FOOD, CULTURE, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC IDENTITY -- EPILOGUE: SOME FINAL HINTS -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX

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The term 'Anthropology of Food' has become an accepted abbreviation for the study of anthropological perspectives on food, diet and nutrition, an increasingly important subdivision of anthropology that encompasses a rich variety of perspectives, academic approaches, theories, and methods. Its multi-disciplinary nature adds to its complexity. This is the first publication to offer guidance for researchers working in this diverse and expanding field of anthropology.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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