Overview
Illuminates the ways that cultures and political systems structure the edible environment Everyone eats, but rarely do we investigate why we eat what we eat. Why do we love spices, sweets, coffee? How did rice become such a staple food throughout so much of eastern Asia? Everyone Eats examines the social and cultural reasons for our food choices and provides an explanation of the nutritional reasons for why humans eat what they do, resulting in a unique cultural and biological approach to the topic. E. N. Anderson explains the economics of food in the globalization era; food’s relationship to religion, medicine, and ethnicity; and offers suggestions on how to end hunger, starvation, and malnutrition. This thoroughly updated Second Edition incorporates the latest food scholarship, most notably recognizing the impact of sustainable eating advocacy and the state of food security in the world today. Anderson also brings more insight than ever before into the historical and scientific underpinnings of our food customs, fleshing this out with fifteen new and original photographs from his own extensive fieldwork. A perennial classic in the anthropology of food, Everyone Eats feeds our need to understand human ecology by explaining the ways that cultures and political systems structure the edible environment.
Full Product Details
Author: E. N. Anderson
Publisher: New York University Press
Imprint: New York University Press
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.499kg
ISBN: 9780814760062
ISBN 10: 0814760066
Pages: 362
Publication Date: 07 February 2014
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Anderson's book is a solid introduction to the anthropology of food for students and general readers. It is clear, well-written, spiced with interesting examples, and illustrated with many evocative photographs taken by the author. -Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Plenty of cultural insights and background history lend to a survey particularly recommended for college-level students of anthropology and social science. -Midwest Book Review
Plenty of cultural insights and background history lend to a survey particularly recommended for college-level students of anthropology and social science. -Midwest Book Review, Anderson's book is a solid introduction to the anthropology of food for students and general readers. It is clear, well-written, spiced with interesting examples, and illustrated with many evocative photographs taken by the author. -Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute,
Author Information
E. N. Anderson is Professor of Anthropology Emeritus at the University of California, Riverside. He is the author of numerous books, including Everyone Eats: Understanding Food and Culture.
