A01=Marzia Mauriello
anthropology of food
Author_Marzia Mauriello
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changing nature of women's relationship to food through time
critical food studies
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ethnography and food
food and gender studies
food and women's social status
food consumption and society
food distribution and society
food studies network
forthcoming
historical roots of women's relationship with food
how to think critically about the social and cultural significance of food traditions and practices.
politics of food
sociology of food
teaching resources for critical food studies
textbook on food and identity
women and food
women eating
women preparing food
Product details
- ISBN 9781509573318
- Publication Date: 10 Dec 2026
- Publisher: Polity Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The relationship between women and food has been examined from multiple perspectives across various disciplines, revealing a connection that is both profound and filled with social and cultural meaning. This relationship, significant and with deep historical roots, remains evident today, albeit in new and continuously changing forms.
In this book, Marzia Mauriello explores this dynamic connection in depth, analyzing the four principal axes that structure the connection between women and food: production, preparation, distribution, and consumption. At each of these stages, the gendered dimensions of this relationship become apparent, intertwined with social and cultural differences and meanings. Mauriello presents ethnographic case studies from around the globe to highlight these complexities, incorporating a historical perspective that traces the dynamics of continuity and flux among these themes over time. Concise, multidisciplinary and accessible, it will be of great interest to students and scholars in sociology, history, gender, women's and food studies.
In this book, Marzia Mauriello explores this dynamic connection in depth, analyzing the four principal axes that structure the connection between women and food: production, preparation, distribution, and consumption. At each of these stages, the gendered dimensions of this relationship become apparent, intertwined with social and cultural differences and meanings. Mauriello presents ethnographic case studies from around the globe to highlight these complexities, incorporating a historical perspective that traces the dynamics of continuity and flux among these themes over time. Concise, multidisciplinary and accessible, it will be of great interest to students and scholars in sociology, history, gender, women's and food studies.
Marzia Mauriello is a junior researcher and lecturer in cultural anthropology at the University of Naples L'Orientale.
