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The Polyphony of Food: Food through the Prism of Maslow’s Pyramid
Author(s): Irina Perianova (Author)
- Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Publication Date: 24 Oct. 2012
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 165 pages
- ISBN-10: 144384117X
- ISBN-13: 9781443841177
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Editorial Reviews
Review
A refreshingly varied and multi-faceted engagement with food and meals explored through the prism of A. Maslow s pyramid of human motivations. It answers the question [of] why food often becomes the centrepiece of cultural clashes in a multicultural society –Dr Larisa Paszkowska, Academy of Humanities and Economics, Lodz, Poland
The Polyphony of Food by Irina Perianova is a delightful book written in a neo-Epicurean fashion, fascinating and profound, broad in area and deep in analysis, fulfilling its goals to give a holistic concept of a very significant aspect of humanity. It is structured in seven chapters following the traditional sacred number of prosperity and is based on the tiers of Maslow s pyramid of needs. The discourse of food is analysed not only as a linguistic event but as the outcome of social attitudes and practices. A wealth of examples and anecdotes, both fictional and non-fictional, absorb the reader as they become co-authors of the book, verifying each claim by adding facts from their own experience –Dr Gergana Pencheva-Apostolova, South West University Neofit Rilski , Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
A refreshingly varied and multi-faceted engagement with food and meals explored through the prism of A. Maslow s pyramid of human motivations. It answers the question [of] why food often becomes the centrepiece of cultural clashes in a multicultural society –Dr Larisa Paszkowska, Academy of Humanities and Economics, Lodz, Poland
The Polyphony of Food by Irina Perianova is a delightful book written in a neo-Epicurean fashion, fascinating and profound, broad in area and deep in analysis, fulfilling its goals to give a holistic concept of a very significant aspect of humanity. It is structured in seven chapters following the traditional sacred number of prosperity and is based on the tiers of Maslow s pyramid of needs. The discourse of food is analysed not only as a linguistic event but as the outcome of social attitudes and practices. A wealth of examples and anecdotes, both fictional and non-fictional, absorb the reader as they become co-authors of the book, verifying each claim by adding facts from their own experience –Dr Gergana Pencheva-Apostolova, South West University Neofit Rilski , Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
