Researching Food Habits

by Macbeth, Helen M.; Macclancy, Jeremy

• ISBN13: 9781571815453
• ISBN10: 1571815457
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Berghahn Books

Summary

The term 'Anthropology of Food'has become an accepted abbreviation for the study of anthropological perspectives on food, diet and nutrition, an increasingly important subdivision of anthropology that encompasses a rich variety of perspectives, academic approaches, theories, and methods. Its multi-disciplinary nature adds to its complexity. This is the first publication to offer guidance for researchers working in this diverse and expanding field of anthropology.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
List of Contributors
Introduction: How to do Anthropologies of Food	p. 1
Anthropology of Food and Pluridisciplinarity	p. 15
Definitions, Concepts and Methods in the Ethnobotany of Food Plants	p. 29
Qualitative Research in the Anthropology of Food: A Comprehensive Qualitative/Quantitative Approach	p. 41
'Tell me what you eat and you will tell me who you are': Methodological Notes on the Interaction between Researcher and Informants in the Anthropology of Food	p. 55
Food, Identity, Identification	p. 63
Doing it Wrong: Why Bother to do Imperfect Research?	p. 75
Methods for Assessing Taste Abilities and Hedonic Responses in Human and Nonhuman Primates	p. 87
Researching Food Preferences: Methods and Problems for Anthropologists	p. 101
Dietary Intake Methods in the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition	p. 119
Studying Food Intake Frequency: A Macrosurvey Technique for Anthropologists	p. 135
The Concept of Energy Balance and the Quantification of Time Allocation and Energy Expenditure	p. 149
Methods for Obtaining Quantitative Data on Food Habits in the First Half of the Twentieth Century	p. 161
Reconstructing Diets for Compensation for Nuclear Testing in Rongelap, Marshall Islands	p. 169
Food, Culture, Political and Economic Identity: Revitalising the Food-Systems Perspective in the Study of Food-based Identity	p. 181
Epilogue: Some Final Hints	p. 193
Glossary	p. 197
Index	p. 205
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