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Uniform Title Food culture (Berghahn Books : 2017)
Title Food culture : anthropology, linguistics and food studies / edited by Janet Chrzan & John Brett
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2017
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Description 1 online resource (vi, 276 pages)
Series Research methods for anthropological studies of food and nutrition ; volume II
Research methods for anthropological studies of food and nutrition ; v. 2.
Contents The anthropology of food and food anthropology : a sociocultural perspective / Geraldine Moreno-Black -- Interviewing epistemologies : from life history to kitchen table ethnography / Ramona Lee Perez -- Body image / Nicole Taylor and Mimi Nichter -- Visual anthropology methods / Helen Vallianatos -- On the lookout : the use of direct observation in nutritional anthropology / Barbara A. Piperata and Darna L. Dufour -- Participant-observation and interviewing techniques / Heather Paxson -- Focus groups in qualitative or mixed-methods research / Ramona Lee Perez -- Studying food and culture : ethnographic methods in the classroom / Carole Counihan -- Introduction to linguistic anthropology food research methods / Jillian R. Cavanaugh and Kathleen C. Riley -- Food talk : studying food and language in use together / Kathleen C. Riley and Jillian R. Cavanaugh -- An introduction to cultural domain analysis in food research : free lists and pile sorts / Ariela Zycherman -- Food and text(ual) analysis / Kathleen C. Riley -- Analysis of primary historic sources / Ken Albala -- Introduction to food studies methods / Amy B. Trubek -- Meaning-centered food research / Lucy M. Long -- Food and place / William Woys Weaver -- Sensory ethnography : methods and research design for food studies research / Rachel E. Black -- Methods for examining food value chains in conventional and alternative trade / Catherine M. Tucker -- The single food approach : a research strategy in nutritional anthropology / Andrea S. Wiley and Janet Chrzan
Summary This volume offers a comprehensive guide to methods used in the sociocultural, linguistic and historical research of food use. This volume is unique in offering food-related research methods from multiple academic disciplines, and includes methods that bridge disciplines to provide a thorough review of best practices. In each chapter, a case study from the author's own work is to illustrate why the methods were adopted in that particular case along with abundant additional resources to further develop and explore the methods
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 09, 2020)
Subject Nutritional anthropology -- Research -- Methodology
Food habits -- Research -- Methodology
Anthropological linguistics -- Research -- Methodology
Food habits.
Public health.
Social medicine.
Feeding Behavior
Nutrition
Public Health
Social Medicine
public health.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diet & Nutrition -- Nutrition.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural & Social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
Food habits
Public health
Social medicine
Form Electronic book
Author Chrzan, Janet, editor.
Brett, John A., editor.
LC no. 2016048830
ISBN 9781785332906
1785332902