Food – Media – Senses: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Christina Bartz, Jens Ruchatz, and Eva Wattolik (editors). Transcript, 2023. 330 pps. ISBN: … More
Category: reviews
Thesis Review: Bittersweet – Living with sugar and kin in contemporary Scotland
Bittersweet: Living with sugar and kin in contemporary Scotland. Imogen Bevan. PhD in Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh. 2022. Francesca … More
Seeking PhD theses for review!
Katharina Graf The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition is seeking recent PhD theses in the anthropology of … More
Film Reviews: El Cacao and No Place to Grow
Emilia Noel PtakThe University of Vermont The films El Cacao and No Place to Grow, directed by Michelle Aguilar, invite … More
Review: The Automat
David Beriss The Automat, directed by Lisa Hurwitz. 2021, 1hr 18 minutes. I ate in an Automat only one time. … More
Thesis Review: Tasting Tea, Tasting China
Tasting Tea, Tasting China: Tearooms and the Everyday Culture in Dalian. Yingkun Hou. Ph.D. Thesis in Anthropology, Southern Illinois University, … More
Thesis Review and Discussion: The Metamorphosis of Greek Cuisine
Thesis review and discussion by Richard Wilk: The Metamorphosis of Greek Cuisine, written by Nafsika Papacharalampous
Thesis Review: Ethical Constellations of Muslim Food Practice in Mumbai
Photographs by Shaheed Tayob I’m delighted to post this exciting PhD thesis review, which nicely complements the recently posted review … More
Thesis Review: Placing the Apple
Please note: I am soliciting reviews of recent dissertations in the Anthropology of Food. So if you have written a recent … More
Review: A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism
A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism: Understanding the Political Economy of What We Eat, Eric Holt-Giménez, Monthly Review Press, 2017. Jo … More