Feeding the city : work and food culture of the Mumbai dabbawalas / Sara Roncaglia.
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- 9781909254022
- 1909254029
- 9781909254039
- 1909254037
- 9781909254046
- 1909254045
- Food -- Social aspects -- India -- Mumbai
- Precooked foods -- Transportation -- India -- Mumbai
- Mumbai (India) -- Social conditions
- 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
- India -- Mumbai
- Voedselvoorziening
- Vervoer
- Mumbai
- 394.12 23
- GT2853.I5
- 73.25
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 -- Appendix: Theory and Practice for an Ethnography of Diversities -- Glossary -- Select Bibliography.
"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.
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