Sharyn Jones

Food and Gender in Fiji

Ethnoarchaeological Explorations

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the social relations surrounding foodways on the island of Nayau in Fiji. Offering a comprehensive and rigorous example of ethnoarchaeology at work, Jones' book has major implications for archaeological interpretations of foodways, gender, identity, and social organization in the Pacific Islands and beyond.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9780739134818
• ISBN-10: 0739134817
• Artikelnr.: 32085262

Autorenporträt

By Sharyn Jones

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Fieldwork: Motivations, Plans, and
Realities Chapter 3 Chapter 2. The Environmental and Social Landscape: The
Lau Islands, Fiji Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Foodways and Social Relations in the
Past and Present Chapter 5 Chapter 4. Food Consumption Patterns and Refuse
Disposal Chapter 6 Chapter 5. Lauan Fishing Chapter 7 Chapter 6. Food in
the Lau Islands and Its Implications for Ethnoarchaeology and Archaeology
Chapter 8 Appendix A: Archaeological Methods Chapter 9 Appendix B:
Structured Ethnographic Interviews Conducted on Nayau, October and November
2003