{"product_id":"ways-of-eating-exploring-food-through-history-and-culture-volume-81-9780520419315","title":"Ways of Eating: Exploring Food Through History and Culture Volume 81","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhat we learn when an anthropologist and a historian talk about food.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the origins of agriculture to contemporary debates over culinary authenticity, \u003ci\u003eWays of Eating\u003c\/i\u003e introduces readers to world food history and food anthropology. Through engaging stories and historical deep dives, Benjamin A. Wurgaft and Merry I. White offer new ways to understand food in relation to its natural and cultural histories and the social rules that shape our meals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wurgaft and White use vivid storytelling to bring food practices to life, weaving stories of Panamanian coffee growers, medieval women beer makers, and Japanese knife forgers. From the Venetian spice trade to the Columbian Exchange, from Roman \u003ci\u003egarum\u003c\/i\u003e to Vietnamese nớc chấm, \u003ci\u003eWays of Eating\u003c\/i\u003e provides an absorbing account of world food history and anthropology. Migration, politics, and the dynamics of group identity all shape what we eat, and we can learn to trace these social forces from the plate to the kitchen, the factory, and the field.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamin A. Wurgaft\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and historian. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eMeat Planet: Artificial Flesh and the Future of Food\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThinking in Public: Strauss, Levinas, Arendt\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMerry I. White\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Anthropology at Boston University. Her previous books include \u003ci\u003eCoffee Life in Japan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePerfectly Japanese: Making Families in an Era of Upheaval.\u003c\/i\u003e The Japanese government has honored her work in the anthropology of Japan with the Order of the Rising Sun.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51213232931090,"sku":"9780520419315","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c14a4553-1f73-4c7c-aeb0-0e416e1644eb.jpg?v=1745363814","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ways-of-eating-exploring-food-through-history-and-culture-volume-81-9780520419315","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}