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Author Moon, Michelle, 1969- author.

Title Interpreting food at museums and historic sites / Michelle Moon
Published Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 205 pages)
Series Interpreting history
Interpreting history.
Contents Introduction : Why It's Time to Rethink Food in History Interpretation -- Starting from Scratch : The Origins of Food Interpretation -- Who's at the Table? : Interpreting Food and Identity -- It's Good for You! Interpreting Food and Health -- Food : New and Improved! Interpreting Food Technology and Fashion -- Edible Activism : Interpreting the Politics of the Plate -- Final Thoughts : Toward Resilience
Summary Interpreting Food History offers a framework for understanding the big ideas in food history, suggesting best practices for linking objects, exhibits and demonstrations with the larger story of change in food production and consumption over the past two centuries - a story in which your visitors can see themselves, and explore their own relationships to food. This book can help you develop food interpretation with depth and significance, making relevant connections to contemporary issues and visitor interests
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Food habits -- Exhibitions -- Methodology
Gastronomy -- Exhibitions -- Methodology
SOCIAL SCIENCE/Customs & Traditions.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021677095
ISBN 9781442257221
1442257229
9781442257221