Researching food habits: methods and problems
by MacClancy, Jeremy Macbeth, Helen M.
The term 'Anthropology of Food' has become an accepted abbreviation for the study of anthropological perspectives on food, diet and nutrition, an increasingly important subdivision of anthropology that encompasses a rich variety of perspectives, academic approaches, theories, and methods. Its multi-disciplinary nature adds to its complexity. This is the first publication to offer guidance for researchers working in this diverse and expanding field of anthropology.[publisher].
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- Full title :Researching food habits : methods and problems / edited by Helen Macbeth and Jeremy MacClancy.
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The term 'Anthropology of Food' has become an accepted abbreviation for the study of anthropological perspectives on food, diet and nutrition, an increasingly important subdivision of anthropology that encompasses a rich variety of perspectives, academic approaches, theories, and methods. Its multi-disciplinary nature adds to its complexity. This is the first publication to offer guidance for researchers working in this diverse and expanding field of anthropology.[publisher].
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- Publication Date:2004.
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- Publisher(s):Berghahn Books
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2004.
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- Description:xiii, 214 pages : : illustrations, map ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1571815449, 9781571815446, 1571815457, 9781571815453
- oclc:ocm52948103
- LC Classification:GT2850
- Dewey Decimal:394.1/2
Table of Contents
Introduction: How to do Anthropologies of Food Jeremy MacClancy and Helen Macbeth -- Chapter 1. Anthropology of Food and Pluridisciplinarity Igor de Garine -- Chapter 2. Definitions, Concepts and Methods in the Ethnobotany of Food Plants Attila T. Szabó -- Chapter 3. Qualitative Research in the Anthropology of Food: A Comprehensive Qualitative/Quantitative Approach Annie Hubert -- Chapter 4. 'Tell me what you eat and you will tell me who you are': Methodological Notes on the Interaction between Researcher and Informants in the Anthropology of Food F. Xavier Medina -- Chapter 5. Food, Identity, Identification Jeremy MacClancy -- Chapter 6. Doing it Wrong: Why Bother to do Imperfect Research? Gerald Mars and Valerie Mars -- Chapter 7. Methods for Assessing Taste Abilities and Hedonic Responses in Human and Nonhuman Primates Bruno Simmen, Patrick Pasquet and Claude Marcel Hladik -- Chapter 8. Researching Food Preferences: Methods and Problems for Anthropologists Helen Macbeth and Fiona Mowatt -- Chapter 9. Dietary Intake Methods in the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition Stanley J. Ulijaszek -- Chapter 10. Studying Food Intake Frequency: A Macrosurvey Technique for Anthropologists Jey…
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