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Aromaby Constance Classen; David Howes; Anthony Synnott
Routledge 1994; US$ 61.95Compelling, accessible and beautifully written, this is the first comprehensive exploration of the cultural role of odours in Western society - from antiquity to the present - and in a variety of non-Western societies. more...
Meatby Nick Fiddes
Routledge 1992; US$ 61.95This is a broad-ranging and provocative study of the human passion for meat. It will intrigue anyone who has ever wondered why meat is important to us; why we eat some animals but not others; and how meat is associated with environmental decay. more...
Around the Tuscan Tableby Carole M. Counihan
Routledge 2004; US$ 44.95Renowned food scholar Carole Counihan serves up a delicious narrative about family and food in twentieth-century Florence. more...
Food and Cultural Studiesby Bob Ashley; Joanne Hollows; Steve Jones; Ben Taylor
Routledge 2004; US$ 59.95This book re-examines the interdisciplinary history of food studies from a cultural studies framework, exploring subjects such as food and nation, the gendering of eating in, the phenomenon of TV chefs, vegetarianism, risk and moral panics. more...
Carnivalby Milla Cozart Riggio
Routledge 2004; US$ 46.95This beautifully illustrated volume features work by leading writers and experts on carnival from around the world, and includes two stunning photo essays by acclaimed photographers Pablo Delano and Jeffrey Chock. more...
Tea Ceremony and Women's Empowerment in Modern Japanby Etsuko Kato
RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 195.00By combining anthropological observation with historical examination of the tea ceremony, this book radically revises mainstream discourses surrounding women and the tea ceremony in Japan. more...
Private Dwellingby Peter King
Routledge 2004; US$ 59.95This book considers the personal and subjective use of housing and the ways we use our housing, as well as discussion of a method for analysing these actions. more...
Death in Fifteenth-Century Castile: Ideologies of the Elitesby Laura Vivanco
Boydell & Brewer 2004; US$ 85.00The theory of the three estates made clear distinctions between the functions of the two estates which comprised the elite of medieval society: the oradores (ecclesiastics) and the defensores (warriors or nobility). They had different lifestyles, clothing and ways of thinking about life. more...
Master of the Ceremoniesby Ric Birch
Allen & Unwin 2004; US$ 31.81A fascinating insider's tale of the highs and lows of creating truly unforgettable public spectaculars - a gossipy and fascinatingly entertaining memoir from an author consistently in the public eye. more...
Social Solidarity and the Giftby Aafke E. Komter
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 27.00This book brings together two traditions of thinking about social ties: sociological theory on solidarity and anthropological theory on gift exchange. The main argument, supported by empirical illustrations, is that a theory of solidarity should incorporate some of the core insights from anthropological gift theory. more...









