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Author Roncaglia, Sara, author

Title Feeding the city : work and food culture of the Mumbai dabbawalas / Sara Roncaglia
Published Cambridge : Open Book Publishers, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 214 pages) : illustrations
Contents Bombay-Mumbai and the Dabbawalas: Origin and Development of a Parallel Economy -- Dabbawala Ethics in Transition -- Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers Charity Trust: The Shaping of Dabbawala Relations -- Conclusions: Tastes and Cultures -- Appendix: Theory and Practice for an Ethnography of Diversities -- Glossary -- Select Bibliography
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208) and index
Notes English
Viewed on 2020-04-07
Subject Food -- Social aspects -- India -- Mumbai
Precooked foods -- Transportation -- India -- Mumbai
Cultural studies.
Food and society.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Food -- Social aspects
Social conditions
Voedselvoorziening.
Vervoer.
Mumbai (India) -- Social conditions
India -- Mumbai
Mumbai.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
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