Study Focus

This study deals with three domains of food which raise complex epistemological, political and moral issues. Through an examination of a wide range of material drawn from anthropology, history, literature and political economy, the author discusses the relationship between food and entitlement, gender, notions of the body and development.

Food as a Metaphor

Food is shown to be a powerful metaphor for our sense of self, our social and political relations, our cosmology and our global system.