Feeding the city work and food culture of the Mumbai dabbawalas
"Feeding the City is an ethnographic study of the fascinating inner workings of Mumbai's dabbawalas. Cultural anthropologist Sara Roncaglia explains how they cater to the various dietary requirements of a diverse and increasingly global city, where the preparation and consumption of food i...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Open Book Publishers
2013, 2013
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "Feeding the City is an ethnographic study of the fascinating inner workings of Mumbai's dabbawalas. Cultural anthropologist Sara Roncaglia explains how they cater to the various dietary requirements of a diverse and increasingly global city, where the preparation and consumption of food is pervaded with religious and cultural significance."--Publisher |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 214 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 1909254010 2821854129 9782821854123 9781909254015 1909254045 9781909254008 1909254037 1909254029 |