Food in the social order : studies of food and festivities in three American communities
Title:
Food in the social order : studies of food and festivities in three American communities
Author:
Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007, author.
ISBN:
9781315824048
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations.
Series:
Mary Douglas collected works ; 9
Works. 2003.
General Note:
"First published in 1973 by Routledge"--T.p. verso.
Contents:
1. Standard social uses of food : introduction / Mary Douglas -- 2. Metaphysical aspects of an Oglala food system / William K. Powers, Marla M.N. Powers -- 3. Sociocultural dynamics and food habits in a southern community / Tony Larry Whitehead -- 4. Meal formats, meal cycles, and menu negotiation in the maintenance of an Italian-American community / Judith G. Goode, Karen Curtis, Janet Theophano -- 5. Measurement of calendrical information in food-taking behavior / Jonathan L. Gross.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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