Fast Food/Slow Food The Cultural Economy of the Global Food System

Name: Fast Food/Slow Food The Cultural Economy of the Global Food System
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ISBN: 9780759109155

ISBN-10: 075910915X

ISBN-13: 9780759109155

Edition: 2006

Authors: Richard Wilk, Cathy Banwell, Theodore C. Bestor, Michael L. Burton, Jane Dixon

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List price: $53.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Publication date: 8/24/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.88" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English




Introduction



Food at Moderate Speeds




From Wild Weeds to Artisanal Cheese




Whole Food Economies: Breaking Down Dichotomies



Building Lives with Food: Production, Circulation, and Consumption of Food in Yap




Food for the Malian Middle Class: An Invisible Cuisine




Taco Bell, Maseca, and Slow Food: A Postmodern Apocalypse for Mexico's Peasant Cuisine?




From Hunger Foods to Heritage Foods: Challenges to Food Localization in Lao PDR




Tasting the Worlds of Yesterday and Today: Culinary Tourism and Nostalgia Foods in Post-Soviet Russia




The Contradictions of Industrial Food



Kaiten-zushi and Konbini: Japanese Food Culture in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction




Rice Ball Rivalries: Japanese Convenience Stores and the Appetite of Late Capitalism




Global Tastes, Local Contexts: An Ethnographic Account of Fast Food Expansion in San Fernando City, the Philippines




Transforming Markets and Reconnecting with Consumers



From the Bottom Up: The Global Expansion of Chinese Vegetable Trade for New York City Markets




The Role of Ideology in New Mexico's CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Organizations: Conflicting Visions between Growers and Members




Artisanal Cheese and Economies of Sentiment in New England




Fast and Slow Food in the Fast Lane: Automobility and the Australian Diet




Just Java: Roasting Fair Trade Coffee



Index


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