{"product_id":"adventures-in-eating-helen-r-haines-9781607320142","title":"Adventures in Eating: Anthropological Experiences in Dining from Around the World","description":"Anthropologists training to do fieldwork in far-off, unfamiliar places prepare for significant challenges with regard to language, customs, and other cultural differences. However, like other travelers to unknown places, they are often unprepared to deal with the most basic and necessary requirement: food. Although there are many books on the anthropology of food, \u003ci\u003eAdventures in Eating\u003c\/i\u003e is the first intended to prepare students for the uncomfortable dining situations they may encounter over the course of their careers. \u003cp\u003eWhether sago grubs, jungle rats, termites, or the pungent durian fruit are on the table, participating in the act of sharing food can establish relationships vital to anthropologists' research practices and knowledge of their host cultures. Using their own experiences with unfamiliar-and sometimes unappealing-food practices and customs, the contributors explore such eating moments and how these moments can produce new understandings of culture and the meaning of food beyond the immediate experience of eating it. They also address how personal eating experiences and culinary dilemmas can shape the data and methodologies of the discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe main readership of \u003ci\u003eAdventures in Eating\u003c\/i\u003e will be students in anthropology and other scholars, but the explosion of food media gives the book additional appeal for fans of \u003ci\u003eNo Reservations\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBizarre Foods\u003c\/i\u003e on the Travel Channel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helen R. Haines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1607320142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781607320142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Colorado\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.93h x 6.07w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2011","brand":"Helen R. Haines","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46640645374207,"sku":"9781607320142","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_09402598-393a-4684-96dd-56e6bb54b911.jpg?v=1740670165","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/adventures-in-eating-helen-r-haines-9781607320142","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}