Food and Culture ─ A Reader

For this third edition of their reader introducing the anthropology of food and culture, Counihan (emerita, anthropology, Millersville U., US) and Van Esterik (anthropology, York U., Canada) have maintained the aim of the first two readers: to provide a comprehensive introduction to the field through the presentation of classic foundational pieces, a range of outstanding articles reflecting diverse perspectives and topics, and cutting edge new work. They have therefore retained most of the foundational articles from the earlier editions, as well as more recent contributions addressing such topics as food and gender, consumption and meaning, globalization, and political economy, and have added articles on new topics, including farmers' markets, community food security, the complexities of the organic food market, democracy and food justice, cooking skill and its meanings, gender in food television, and packaged foods in the South Asian diaspora. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Carole Counihan is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Millersville University in Pennsylvania and editor-in-chief of Food and Foodways. Her earlier books include Around the Tuscan Table: Food, Family, and Gender in Twentieth-Century Florence, Food in the USA, and The Anthropology of Food and Body: Gender, Meaning, and Power.

Penny Van Esterik is Professor of Anthropology at York University in Toronto, Canada where she teaches nutritional anthropology, in addition to doing research on food and globalization in Southeast Asia. She is a founding member of WABA (World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action) and writes on infant and young child feeding, including her earlier book, Beyond the Breast-Bottle Controversy.