Anthropology - Soc Sci

While in the West it is said that women can never be too thin, semi-nomadic Arabs in Niger cherish a feminine ideal of extreme fatness. Feeding Desire analyses this beauty ideal in the context of Islam, conceptions of health, and notions of desire..

Fields of Change is a study of the means by which the Iteso adapted to the imposition of colonial rule and the loss of political independence...

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This collection of Newfoundland folk narratives, first published in 1996, grew out of extensive fieldwork in folk culture in the province. The intention was to collect as broad a spectrum of traditional material as possible, and Folktales of Newfoundland is notable not only for the number and qualit..

Folktales of Newfoundland Pbdirect..

The classic book that helped to define and legitimize the field of food and culture studies is now available, with major revisions, in an affordable e-book version (978-0-203-07975-1). _x000D_ _x000D_ The third edition includes 40 original essays and reprints of previously published classics under 5..

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Food is an intrinsic part of modern consumer society. In studies of migration food not only sustains the migrant on both the real and metaphorical journey from home to elsewhere, it also provides a bridge between the familiar and the unfamiliar. Food in the Migrant Experience is written by leading..

Food is an intrinsic part of modern consumer society. In studies of migration food not only sustains the migrant on both the real and metaphorical journey from home to elsewhere, it also provides a bridge between the familiar and the unfamiliar. Food in the Migrant Experience is written by leading..

First published in 1984, This work is a cross-cultural study of the moral and social meaning of food. It is a collection of articles by Douglas and her colleagues covering the food systems of those from different cultures and backgrounds...

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...