Feeding the city work and food culture of the Mumbai dabbawalas
"Feeding the City is an ethnographic study of the fascinating inner workings of Mumbai's dabbawalas. Cultural anthropologist Sara Roncaglia explains how they cater to the various dietary requirements of a diverse and increasingly global city, where the preparation and consumption of food i...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, England :
Open Book Publishers
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423178406719 |
| Summary: | "Feeding the City is an ethnographic study of the fascinating inner workings of Mumbai's dabbawalas. Cultural anthropologist Sara Roncaglia explains how they cater to the various dietary requirements of a diverse and increasingly global city, where the preparation and consumption of food is pervaded with religious and cultural significance."--Publisher. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. Translated from the Italian by Angela Arnone. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 214 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF files(s) Also available in print form |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781909254039 9782821854123 9781909254022 9781909254015 |
