Title: Nourishing life : foodways and humanity in an African town /
Authors: Huhn, Arianna
Year: 2020
Subjects: Food habits Mozambique Niassa (Province); Diet Social aspects Mozambique Niassa (Province); Diet Social aspects; Food habits; Manners and customs; Niassa (Mozambique : Province) Social life and customs.; Mozambique Niassa (Province)
Abstract: "In this accessible ethnography of a small town in northern Mozambique, everyday cultural knowledge and behaviors about food, cooking, and eating reveal the deeply human pursuit of a nourishing life. This emerges less through the consumption of specific nutrients than it does in the affective experience of alimentation in contexts that support vitality, compassion, and generative relations. Embedded within central themes in the study of Africa south of the Sahara, the volume combines insights from philosophy and food studies to find textured layers of meaning in a seemingly simple cuisine"--
Contents: Introduction -- Blood, Vitality, and Diet -- Labor, Reason, and Compassion -- Witches, Animals, and Humans -- Salt, Sex, and Fire -- Weight, Nutrition, and Body Size -- Conclusion