Screen LibraryThe taste culture reader : experiencing food and drink /
Taste is recognized as one of the most evocative senses. The flavors of food play an important role in identity, memory, emotion, desire, and aversion, as well as social, religious and other occasions. Yet despite its fundamental role, taste is often mysteriously absent from discussions about food....
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Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PIc,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Sensory formations,
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| Summary: |
Taste is recognized as one of the most evocative senses. The flavors of food play an important role in identity, memory, emotion, desire, and aversion, as well as social, religious and other occasions. Yet despite its fundamental role, taste is often mysteriously absent from discussions about food. The Taste Culture Reader examines the sensuous dimensions of eating and drinking and highlights the centrality of taste in human experience. Combining both classic and contemporary sources from anthropology, philosophy, sociology, history, science, and beyond, the book features excerpts from texts |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 404 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [380]-381) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780857856982 (paperback) : 0857856987 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | TX651 |
| CLC: | TS971 |
| Call Number: | TS971/T215/2nd ed. |