Food and Gender : Identity and Power (Paperback)

Introduction to the Series, Acknowledgments, 1 Introduction?Food and Gender: Identity and Power, 2 Food and Sexual Identity Among the Culina Donald K.Pollock, 3 “Men Are Taro” (They Cannot Be Rice): Political Aspects of Food Choices in Wamira, Papua New Guinea Miriam Kahn, 4 Hospitality, Women, and the Efficacy of Beer Kathryn S.March, 5 Feeding Their Faith: Recipe Knowledge Among Thai Buddhist Women Penny Van Esterik, 6 An Anthropological View of Western Women’s Prodigious Fasting Carole M.Counihan, 7 Women as Gatekeepers Alex McIntosh and Mary Zey, 8 What Does It Mean To Be Fat, Thin, and Female in the United States? Carole M.Counihan, About the Contributors, Index