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Rice and Beans: A Unique Dish in a Hundred Places
Author(s): Richard Wilk (Author, Editor), Livia Barbosa (Author, Editor)
- Publisher: Berg Publishers
- Publication Date: 1 Dec. 2011
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 304 pages
- ISBN-10: 1847889034
- ISBN-13: 9781847889034
Book Description
The authors of this book explore the specific history of the versions of rice and beans beloved and indigenous in cultures from Brazil to West Africa. But they also plumb the shared African, Native American and European trans-Atlantic encounters and exchanges, and the contemporary forces of globalization and nation-building, which combine to make rice and beans a powerful substance and symbol of the relationship between food and culture.
Editorial Reviews
Review
This book fills a gap in the food literature by focusing upon a dish which is widely found in the Americas. The authors use historical, economic and cultural explanations to analyse not only the reasons for ubiquity of this dish, but also its regional variations and links with ethnicity, class and nation-state. –Pat Caplan, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of London
This is an academically-focussed collection of essays looking at various aspects of rice and beans, a meal that is very popular in a broad area encompassing Western Africa, the Caribbean and North, South and Central America. Various theories are espoused as to how two simple staple items could be unique in their own right yet combined into a different” dish shared by many countries, such as a common history, links to slavery and other trades… You won’t get a lot of recipes or be a better cook, but you will be more informed and knowledgeable after reading it.” –Yum.fi
About the Author
Livia Barbosa
is Professor of Anthropology and Research Director at the Center of Advanced Studies of the Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and has written extensively on food trends and habits in Brazil.
