{"product_id":"comfort-food-meanings-and-memories-9781496810854","title":"Comfort Food: Meanings and Memories","description":"With contributions by Barbara Banks, Sheila Bock, Susan Eleuterio, Jillian Gould, Phillis Humphries, Michael Owen Jones, Alicia Kristen, William G. Lockwood, Yvonne R. Lockwood, Lucy M. Long, LuAnne Roth, Rachelle H. Saltzman, Charlene Smith, Annie Tucker, and Diane Tye \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eComfort Food\u003c\/i\u003e explores this concept with examples taken from Atlantic Canadians, Indonesians, the English in Britain, and various ethnic, regional, and religious populations as well as rural and urban residents in the United States. This volume includes studies of particular edibles and the ways in which they comfort or in some instances cause discomfort. The contributors focus on items ranging from bologna to chocolate, including sweet and savory puddings, fried bread with an egg in the center, dairy products, fried rice, cafeteria fare, sugary fried dough, soul food, and others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeveral essays consider comfort food in the context of cookbooks, films, blogs, literature, marketing, and tourism. Of course what heartens one person might put off another, so the collection also includes takes on victuals that prove problematic. All this fare is then related to identity, family, community, nationality, ethnicity, class, sense of place, tradition, stress, health, discomfort, guilt, betrayal, and loss, contributing to and deepening our understanding of comfort food. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book offers a foundation for further appreciation of comfort food. As a subject of study, the comfort food is relevant to a number of disciplines, most obviously food studies, folkloristics, and anthropology, but also American studies, cultural studies, global and international studies, tourism, marketing, and public health.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Owen Jones\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of folklore studies and world arts and cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is author of a dozen books including \u003ci\u003eCorn: A Global History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCraftsman of the Cumberlands\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003e Tradition and Creativity\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStudying Organizational Symbolism: What, How, Why? \u003c\/i\u003eand coauthor of \u003ci\u003eFolkloristics: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eLucy M. Long\u003c\/b\u003e taught ethnomusicology, folklore, and popular culture for over thirty years, primarily at Bowling Green State University, where she pioneered food and culture courses. In 2011, she founded the nonprofit Center for Food and Culture. On the topic of food, she has produced numerous documentaries, educational materials, articles, and books, including \u003ci\u003eCulinary Tourism\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eRegional American Food Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), \u003ci\u003eEthnic American Food Today\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), and \u003ci\u003eThe Food and Folklore Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (2015)\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50853341823250,"sku":"9781496810854","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_57519a49-2a37-49bd-a9a6-d53956f06a32.jpg?v=1737448415","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/comfort-food-meanings-and-memories-9781496810854","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}