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Author Flynn, Karen Coen.

Title Food, culture, and survival in an African city / Karen Coen Flynn
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan ; Basingstoke : Palgrave [distributor], 2005

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 MELB  394.1209678 Fly/Fca  AVAILABLE
Description xviii, 254 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Contents Glossary of Kiswahili terms -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Researching food in Mwanza -- 3. Changing patterns of consumption : effects and determinants -- 4. Mwanza's African and Asian households -- 5. Historical transformations in household composition -- 6. Pooling, straddling, juggling, and balancing on one foot -- 7. Farming the city -- 8. Food, gender, and survival among street adults -- 9. Lessons on food, childhood, and work from street girls and boys -- 10. Food entitlement, charity, and "the city"
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-242) and indexes
Subject Food habits -- Tanzania -- Mwanza District.
Food consumption -- Tanzania -- Mwanza District.
Food supply -- Tanzania -- Mwanza District.
Nutrition policy -- Tanzania -- Mwanza District.
SUBJECT Mwanza District (Tanzania) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81004446 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850
Mwanza District (Tanzania) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81004446 -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005736
LC no. 2004043195
ISBN 1403966389 cased
1403966397 paperback