Description
Winner of the Society for Economic Anthropology Annual Book Prize 2008.
Belize, a tiny corner of the Caribbean wedged into Central America, has been a fast food nation since buccaneers and pirates first stole ashore. As early as the 1600s it was already caught in the great paradox of globalization: how can you stay local and relish your own home cooking, while tasting the delights of the global marketplace? Menus, recipes and bad colonial poetry combine with Wilk's sharp anthropological insight to give an important new perspective on the perils and problems of globalization.
Author: Richard Wilk
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: 02/01/2006
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.40h x 6.16w x 0.67d
ISBN13: 9781845203603
ISBN10: 1845203607
BISAC Categories:
- Cooking | Regional & Ethnic | Caribbean & West Indian
Belize, a tiny corner of the Caribbean wedged into Central America, has been a fast food nation since buccaneers and pirates first stole ashore. As early as the 1600s it was already caught in the great paradox of globalization: how can you stay local and relish your own home cooking, while tasting the delights of the global marketplace? Menus, recipes and bad colonial poetry combine with Wilk's sharp anthropological insight to give an important new perspective on the perils and problems of globalization.
Author: Richard Wilk
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: 02/01/2006
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.40h x 6.16w x 0.67d
ISBN13: 9781845203603
ISBN10: 1845203607
BISAC Categories:
- Cooking | Regional & Ethnic | Caribbean & West Indian
About the Author
Richard Wilk is Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies, Indiana University.