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Book/Printed Material Feeding the city : work and food culture of the Mumbai dabbawalas

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Title

  • Feeding the city : work and food culture of the Mumbai dabbawalas

Summary

  • "Feeding the City is an ethnographic study of the fascinating inner workings of Mumbai's dabbawalas. Cultural anthropologist Sara Roncaglia explains how they cater to the various dietary requirements of a diverse and increasingly global city, where the preparation and consumption of food is pervaded with religious and cultural significance."--Publisher.

Names

  • Roncaglia, Sara, author

Created / Published

  • Cambridge : Open Book Publishers, 2013.

Headings

  • -  Food--Social aspects--India--Mumbai
  • -  Precooked foods--Transportation--India--Mumbai
  • -  Mumbai (India)--Social conditions

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208) and index.
  • -  Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed April 07, 2020).

Medium

  • 1 online resource (xv, 214 pages) : illustrations

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GT2853.I5

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019467799

Reproduction Number

  • 22573/ctt5qrb06

Rights Advisory

Access Advisory

  • Unrestricted online access

Online Format

  • image
  • epub
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Roncaglia, Sara, Author. Feeding the city: work and food culture of the Mumbai dabbawalas. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, 2013. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019467799/.

APA citation style:

Roncaglia, S. (2013) Feeding the city: work and food culture of the Mumbai dabbawalas. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019467799/.

MLA citation style:

Roncaglia, Sara, Author. Feeding the city: work and food culture of the Mumbai dabbawalas. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, 2013. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2019467799/>.