Food Culture Anthropology, Linguistics and Food Studies [Hardcover]

This volume offers a comprehensive guide to methods used in the sociocultural, linguistic and historical research of food use. This volume is unique in offering food-related research methods from multiple academic disciplines, and includes methods that bridge disciplines to provide a thorough review of best practices. In each chapter, a case study from the author's own work is to illustrate why the methods were adopted in that particular case along with abundant additional resources to further develop and explore the methods.

INTRODUCTION AND RESEARCH ETHICS

Introduction and Research Design
Janet Chrzan

Research Ethics in Food Studies
Sharon Devine and John Brett

PART I: SOCIO-CULTURAL APPROACHES

Chapter 1.The Anthropology of Food and Food Anthropology: A Sociocultural Perspective
Geraldine Moreno Black

Chapter 2.Interviewing Epistemologies: From Life History to Kitchen Table Ethnography
Ramona Lee Perez

Chapter 3.Body Image
Mimi Nichter and Nichole Taylor

Chapter 4.Visual Anthropology Methods
Helen Vallianatos

Chapter 5.On the Lookout: The Use of Direct Observation in Nutritional Anthropology
Barbara Piperata and Darna Dufour

Chapter 6.Participant-observation and Interviewing Techniques
Heather Paxson

Chapter 7.Focus Groups in Qualitative or Mixed Methods Research
Ramona L. Perez

Chapter 8.Studying Food and Culture: Ethnographic Methods in the Classroom
Carole Counihan

PART II: LINGUISTICS AND FOOD TALK

Chapter 9.Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology Food Research Methods
Jillian Cavanaugh and KatelSX