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- catalog abstract ""Food is a central element of expression in all cultures. What and how we eat, and with whom, reveals much about our desires and relationships. In Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom, Sidney W. Mintz shows how our choices about food are shaped by a vast and increasingly complex global economy. Taking as examples everything from sugar's ascendance over honey as the most commonly used sweetener to the worldwide distribution of Coca-Cola, Mintz demonstrates how our consumption of a food can be shaped by a variety of external forces, including moral judgments and the demands of war." "Mintz goes on to argue that even under the most severe constraints, our choices can hold enormous significance for us. The title essay explores the way enslaved Africans' creative adaptation of their cuisine to New World conditions offered a symbolic hope of freedom. Other essays probe contemporary American eating habits: Why does the average weight of Americans keep increasing, even as dieting and healthy eating become more popular? Is there such a thing as an American cuisine? Should it matter to us?"--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b9716820.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description ""Food is a central element of expression in all cultures. What and how we eat, and with whom, reveals much about our desires and relationships. In Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom, Sidney W. Mintz shows how our choices about food are shaped by a vast and increasingly complex global economy. Taking as examples everything from sugar's ascendance over honey as the most commonly used sweetener to the worldwide distribution of Coca-Cola, Mintz demonstrates how our consumption of a food can be shaped by a variety of external forces, including moral judgments and the demands of war." "Mintz goes on to argue that even under the most severe constraints, our choices can hold enormous significance for us. The title essay explores the way enslaved Africans' creative adaptation of their cuisine to New World conditions offered a symbolic hope of freedom. Other essays probe contemporary American eating habits: Why does the average weight of Americans keep increasing, even as dieting and healthy eating become more popular? Is there such a thing as an American cuisine? Should it matter to us?"--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Food and its relationship to concepts of power -- Tasting food, tasting freedom -- The conquest of honey by sucrose -- Sugar and morality -- Color, taste, and purity -- Cuisine: high, low, and not at all -- Eating American.".
- catalog extent "xix, 149 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Tasting food, tasting freedom.".
- catalog identifier "0807046280".
- catalog isFormatOf "Tasting food, tasting freedom.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Beacon Press,".
- catalog relation "Tasting food, tasting freedom.".
- catalog subject "394.1 20".
- catalog subject "Diet.".
- catalog subject "Eating (Philosophy)".
- catalog subject "Food Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Food habits.".
- catalog subject "GT2850 .M58 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Food and its relationship to concepts of power -- Tasting food, tasting freedom -- The conquest of honey by sucrose -- Sugar and morality -- Color, taste, and purity -- Cuisine: high, low, and not at all -- Eating American.".
- catalog title "Tasting food, tasting freedom : excursions into eating, culture, and the past / Sidney W. Mintz.".
- catalog type "text".