Feeding the city : work and food culture of the Mumbai dabbawalas /
Roncaglia, Sara,
Feeding the city : work and food culture of the Mumbai dabbawalas / Sara Roncaglia. - 1 online resource (xv, 214 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208) and index.
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 -- Theory and Practice for an Ethnography of Diversities -- Glossary -- Select Bibliography. Appendix:
"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.
9781909254022 1909254029 9781909254039 1909254037 9781909254046 1909254045
10.11647/OBP.0031 doi
22573/ctt5qrb06 JSTOR
2019467799
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.
Electronic books.
GT2853.I5
394.12
Feeding the city : work and food culture of the Mumbai dabbawalas / Sara Roncaglia. - 1 online resource (xv, 214 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208) and index.
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 -- Theory and Practice for an Ethnography of Diversities -- Glossary -- Select Bibliography. Appendix:
"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.
9781909254022 1909254029 9781909254039 1909254037 9781909254046 1909254045
10.11647/OBP.0031 doi
22573/ctt5qrb06 JSTOR
2019467799
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.
Electronic books.
GT2853.I5
394.12