Title: Food in the social order : studies of food and festivities in three American communities /
Authors: Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007.
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation,
Year: 1984
Subjects: Feeding Behavior; Food habits United States; United States
Contents: Standard social uses of food : introduction / Mary Douglas -- Metaphysical aspects of an Oglala food system / William K. Powers and Marla M.N. Powers -- Sociocultural dynamics and food habits in a southern community / Tony Larry Whitehead -- Meal formats, meal cycles, and menu negotiation in the maintenance of an Italian-American community / Judith G. Goode, Karen Curtis, and Janet Theophano -- Measurement of calendrical information in food-taking behavior / Jonathan L. Gross.