Eating Is an English Word
eBook - PDF

Eating Is an English Word

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Only available on web
eBook - PDF

Eating Is an English Word

Book details
Table of contents
Citations

About This Book

Eating is generally understood as a human need that people satisfy in diverse ways. Eating, however, is also an English word. Other languages, using other words, order reality differently: they may fuse eating with breathing, or distinguish chupar from comer. Anthropologists flag such differences by leaving a few of their words untranslated, but what language do we think in? This isn't necessarily English. We may be linguistically closer to those whose practices we study: them. Against this background, Eating Is an English Word argues that social scientists should let go of the dream of universal concepts. Our analytical terms had better vary. Annemarie Mol and her coauthors exemplify this in a series of material semiotic inquiries into eating practices. They employ terms like lekker, tasting with fingers, chupar, schmecka, gustar, and settling on an okay meal to explore appreciative modes of valuing. Welcome, then, to spirited stories about satisfied stomachs, love for a lamb, juicy fruit treats, and companionable lunches and dinners.

Frequently asked questions

Simply head over to the account section in settings and click on “Cancel Subscription” - it’s as simple as that. After you cancel, your membership will stay active for the remainder of the time you’ve paid for. Learn more here.
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
Both plans give you full access to the library and all of Perlego’s features. The only differences are the price and subscription period: With the annual plan you’ll save around 30% compared to 12 months on the monthly plan.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes, you can access Eating Is an English Word by Annemarie Mol in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Anthropology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Year
2024
ISBN
9781478059868
Edition
0
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Anthropology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction: Contrasting Words / Annemarie Mol
  4. One. Language Trails: Lekker and Its Pleasures / Annemarie Mol
  5. Two. Mixing Methods, Tasting Fingers: Notes on an Ethnographic Experiment / Anna Mann, Annemarie Mol, Priya Satalkar, Amalinda Savirani, Nasima Selim, Malini Sur, and Emily Yates-Doerr
  6. Three. Chupar Frutas in Salvador da Bahia: A Case of Practice-Specific Alterities / Mattijs van de Port and Annemarie Mol
  7. Four. Talking Pleasures, Writing Dialects: Outlining Research on Schmecka / Anna Mann and Annemarie Mol
  8. Five. Joaquín Les Gusta: On Gut-Level Love for a Lamb of the House / Rebeca Ibåñez Martín and Annemarie Mol
  9. Six. Settling on an Okay Meal: An English Eater between Appeals and Apprehensions / John Law and Annemarie Mol
  10. Conclusion. Differences and Appreciations / Annemarie Mol
  11. Acknowledgments
  12. Notes
  13. Bibliography
  14. Contributors
  15. Index