Description |
1 online resource (xii, 177 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-167) and index. |
Contents |
Food and Identity in the Caribbean; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Introduction: Understanding Caribbean Identity through Food; 1 Cassava and the Makushi: A Shared History of Resiliency and Transformation; 2 Transformations in Body and Cuisine in Rural Yucatán, Mexico; 3 Tourism, Seafood Memories, and Identity: Lessons from Roatán, Honduras; 4 Versions of Dominican Mangú: Intersections of Gender and Nation in Caribbean Self-making; 5 The Intersections of "Guyanese Food" and Constructions of Gender, Race, and Nationhood |
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6 Cooking Cubanidad: Food Importation and Cuban Identity in Santiago de Cuba7 From Colonial Dependency to Finger-lickin' Values: Food, Commoditization, and Identity in Trinidad; 8 Peasant Resistance to Hybrid Seed in Haiti: The Implications of Agro-industrial Inputs through Humanitarian Aid on Food Security, Food Sovereignty, and Cultural Identity; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
This collection of original essays explores food and identity in the Caribbean, as contemporary political and economic changes impact upon culinary identities. Through rich ethnographies, the volume reveals how connections between food and identity persist and evolve against the odds. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Food habits -- Caribbean Area.
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Food -- Caribbean Area -- Psychological aspects.
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Identity (Psychology) -- Caribbean Area.
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Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography. |
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Sociology & anthropology. |
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National & regional cuisine. |
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Food & society. |
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COOKING -- Regional & ethnic -- Caribbean & West Indian. |
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Food habits |
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Food -- Psychological aspects |
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Identity (Psychology) |
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Caribbean Area |
Added Author |
Garth, Hanna.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Food and identity in the Caribbean 9780857853578 (DLC) 2012022576 (OCoLC)862537490 |
ISBN |
9780857853592 (electronic bk.) |
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0857853597 (electronic bk.) |
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9780857853578 |
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0857853570 |
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9780857853585 |
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0857853589 |
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0857853597 (epub) |
Standard No. |
60001740560 |
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