PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Irina D. Mihalache is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto, Canada. She is co-editor of Food and Museums (Bloomsbury, 2016). Elizabeth Zanoni is Associate Professor in the Department of History at Old Dominion University, USA. She is the author of Migrant Marketplaces: Food and Italians in North and South America (2018).
From gender to nation, bananas to dog bowls, tea sandwiches to packaged foods, and much, much more, Mihalache and Zanoni provide a nuanced look at our material lives through the lenses of food, environments, and representations. The volume celebrates the interdisciplinarity of two rich fields of study-material culture and food-and it champions how we look at our everyday lives through the plates, bowls, and cups we take for granted. The Bloomsbury Handbook of Food and Material Culture puts into conversation university classrooms, with private and professional kitchens and labs, scholars with visionaries to uncover how and why food's matter matters. We are treated to a new set of thoughts and voices that take us into the complex world of food and human lives, challenging us to see and understand its complex intersections even as we relish and savor our food tastes, about which we seldom give a second thought. * Psyche Williams-Forson, Professor and Chair of the Department of American Studies, University of Maryland College Park, USA * This handbook brings together the innovative and exciting research areas of food studies and material culture. It will expand the intellectual horizons of specialists in both areas and provide an easy entry for both scholars and activists who are new to these topics. * Richard Wilk, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Indiana University, USA *
