Fast Food/Slow Food The Cultural Economy of the Global Food System

by Wilk, Richard; Banwell, Cathy; Bestor, Theodore C.; Burton, Michael L.; Dixon, Jane; Egan, James A.; Hinde, Sarah; Imbruce, Valerie; Koenig, Dolores; Lyon, Sarah; Matejowsky, Ty; McIntyre, Heather; Mintz, Sidney; Nero, Karen L.; Paxson, Heather; Pilcher,

• ISBN13: 9780759109148
• ISBN10: 0759109141
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-25
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

Wilk and his colleagues draw upon their own international field experience to examine how food systems are changing around the globe. The authors offer a cultural perspective that is mising in other economic and developmental studies, and provide rich ethnographic data on markets, industrial production, and food economies. This new book will appeal to professionals in economic and environmental anthropology economic development, agricultural economics, consumer behavior, nutritional sciences, environmental sustainability, and globalization studies.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Food at Moderate Speeds	p. 3
From Wild Weeds to Artisanal Cheese	p. 13
Whole Food Economies: Breaking Down Dichotomies
Building Lives with Food: Production, Circulation, and Consumption of Food in Yap	p. 31
Food for the Malian Middle Class: An Invisible Cuisine	p. 49
Taco Bell, Maseca, and Slow Food: A Postmodern Apocalypse for Mexico's Peasant Cuisine?	p. 69
From Hunger Foods to Heritage Foods: Challenges to Food Localization in Lao PDR	p. 83
Tasting the Worlds of Yesterday and Today: Culinary Tourism and Nostalgia Foods in Post-Soviet Russia	p. 97
The Contradictions of Industrial Food
Kaiten-zushi and Konbini: Japanese Food Culture in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction	p. 115
Rice Ball Rivalries: Japanese Convenience Stores and the Appetite of Late Capitalism	p. 131
Global Tastes, Local Contexts: An Ethnographic Account of Fast Food Expansion in San Fernando City, the Philippines	p. 145
Transforming Markets and Reconnecting with Consumers
From the Bottom Up: The Global Expansion of Chinese Vegetable Trade for New York City Markets	p. 163
The Role of Ideology in New Mexico's CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Organizations: Conflicting Visions between Growers and Members	p. 181
Artisanal Cheese and Economies of Sentiment in New England	p. 201
Fast and Slow Food in the Fast Lane: Automobility and the Australian Diet	p. 219
Just Java: Roasting Fair Trade Coffee	p. 241
Index	p. 259
About the Contributors	p. 265
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