Food and Love: A Cultural History of East and West de Jack Goody - 1999-04

Verso Books. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Verso Books. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Verso, May 1999. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Top edge of hardcover sunned. Minor scuffing/shelfwear on DJ. ; 9.5 X 6.4 X 1.1 inches; 320 pages

Verso, 1999. Hardcover. Jack Goody is a thinker who enjoys subverting neat simplifications and rigid preconceptions. A leading anthropologist and comparative sociologist, he is perhaps best known for his acclaimed critique of crude historical distinctions between "West" and "East" and overblown claims for the uniqueness of the West. In "Food and Love," Goody pursues his argument into the sphere of culture. The development of romantic love, the evolution of national and regional cuisines, the globalisation of Chinese food, and the histories of various taboos on certain types of food and drink, the uniqueness of the European family--such are the fascinating and diverse themes Goody addresses effortlessly ranging from Europe to Asia and to Africa. Starting with a sustained discussion of the context of such debates in the thought of classic theorists as well as contemporary historical and sociological notions of modernisation, Goody goes on to use his skill and knowledge as an anthropologist and… Leer más

London: Verso, 1998. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Extremely gentle wear and small nick to DJ protected in archival brodart, top-rear corner barely rubbed, little scuff to spine foot fold, else near fine(-) in very good+ DJ.. Octavo in white DJ; ix, 305 p; 24 cm. Contents: Pt. I. Family. 1. The East in the West. 2. The uniqueness of the European family? 3. Comparing family systems in Europe and Asia: are there different sets of rules? 4. Women, class and family. 5. Love, lust and literacy -- Pt. II. Food. 6. Food, family and feminism. 7. Structuralism, materialism and the horse. 8. The globalisation of Chinese food. 9. Why no wine on the table? -- Pt. III. Doubts. 10. The Great and Little Traditions in the Mediterranean. 11. A kernel of doubt. 12. Man and the natural world: reflections on history and anthropology. 13. Creation and evolution. 14. Civil society in a comparative perspective. "Jack Goody is a thinker who enjoys subverting neat simplifications and rigid preconceptions. Perhaps best… Leer más

Very Good. This is a very good clean copy with a previous owner’s name in small letters to the top right of the flysheet. It has a very good dust jacket and will be posted from the UK within 24 hours by family run bookstore. Please let me know if you require photos of the actual book and I will send them through to you. Just to clarify – This is NOT AN EX-LIBRARY COPY.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London/New York: Verso, 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 305 pages including index and bibliography. "Teases out the general historical processes embedded in the most intimate recesses of our lives. Demonstrates that the ethnocentricity of much of Western scholarship has distorted not only the comprehension of the East but also developments in the European past and present." - from dust jacket. Unread. Light signs of handling to dust jacket else as new..

Verso, 1999-05-17. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!