Food in the Social Order

Food in the Social Order

Studies of Food and Festivities in Three American Communities

by Mary Douglas

292 pages· 2003· ISBN 9780415291125
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First published in 1984, This work is a cross-cultural study of the moral and social meaning of food. It is a collection of articles by Douglas and her colleagues covering the food system of the Oglala Sioux, the food habits of families in rural North Carolina, meal formats in an Italian-American community near Philadelphia. It also includes a grid/group analysis of food consumption.

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