These Roots Remain: Food Habits in Islands of the Central and Eastern Pacific since Western Contact
by Pollock, Nancy J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 093915451X
- ISBN 13
- 9780939154517
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About This Item
Laie, Hawai'i: The Institute for Polynesian Studies. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1992). First Edition. Hardcover. 093915451X . Previous owner's signature and address on title page. Some fading and a couple of small (<1") tears to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; xiii, [5], 298, [1] pages. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 234 x 152mm. Maps on endpapers. Illustrated with 31 figures. "Here is a broad survey of the eleven main starch foods of Polynesia and Micronesia that draws together previously scattered information and explores both explicit and implicit expressions of food habits associated with these staples. This study addresses the question of South Pacific peoples retaining their cultural and dietary attachment to traditional food sources despite Westernization. Why does the use of root and tree starches such as taro, yams, and breadfruit persist despite the availability of other foods? What in fact are the local concepts of food and the values attached to it? Using approaches of symbolic anthropology, social ecology, and household economy, Nancy J. Pollock explores the values of food beyond the Western concept - as a collection of energy inputs the individual body needs to function - to establish the broader role food plays in the world view of certain Pacific Island societies - that of a symbol of power and well-being that structures social life." .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18054
- Title
- These Roots Remain: Food Habits in Islands of the Central and Eastern Pacific since Western Contact
- Author
- Pollock, Nancy J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 093915451X
- ISBN 13
- 9780939154517
- Publisher
- The Institute for Polynesian Studies
- Place of Publication
- Laie, Hawai'i
- Date Published
- (1992)
- Keywords
- 093915451X
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