Re-Imagining Milk |
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| Author:
| Wiley, Andrea S. |
| Series title: | Routledge Series for Creative Teaching and Learning in Anthropology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-80657-2 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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Written explicitly for undergraduates, Re-imagining Milkdemonstrates how a particular commodity can be used to illustrate ethnocentric beliefs about the universal goodness of milk; biological variation in human populations; political and economic processes that inform dietary policies, nutrition education, and current trends in globalization; the utility of a biocultural approach to the study of food; the cultural construction of a commodity that is consumed by many students on a...
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Written explicitly for undergraduates, Re-imagining Milkdemonstrates how a particular commodity can be used to illustrate ethnocentric beliefs about the universal goodness of milk; biological variation in human populations; political and economic processes that inform dietary policies, nutrition education, and current trends in globalization; the utility of a biocultural approach to the study of food; the cultural construction of a commodity that is consumed by many students on a daily basis, or if not, certainly is one that students "know" they "should" consume daily.