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The taste for civilization : food, politics, and civil society / Janet A. Flammang

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Author:
Flammang, Janet A  Search this
Physical description:
325 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2009
C2009
Contents:
Part 1. Household foodwork. The time crunch -- Domesticity : meals, obligation, and gratitude -- American food -- Part 2. Table conversation. Conversation and manners -- Table rituals -- Generations at the table -- Part 3. Food for thought. The human psyche and mind-body dualism -- Appetite and taste -- Part 4. One woman's revolution. Alice Waters's delicious revolution -- Putting the delicious revolution into practice -- Part 5. Community food. Community food and belonging in America -- Gardens and community -- Farmers' markets
Topic:
Food habits--History  Search this
Civil society  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Civilization  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1046064