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*American Studies

Notable Books for Food & Culture

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America by Andrew Smith (Editor); Bruce Kraig
3rd edition, 2013
The Cambridge World History of Food by Kenneth F. Kiple (Editor); Kriemhild Coneé Ornelas (Editor)
2 volume set; we also have the print: TX353 .C255 2000
The Handbook of Food and Anthropology by Jakob A. Klein (Editor); James L. Watson (Editor)
Location: GN407 .H36 2016
The Social Archaeology of Food: thinking about eating from prehistory to the present
Location: GN799.F6 H37 2017

Food Culture around the World
Book series that individually covers a specific country
Food Cultures in America
Similar series but to the US

Top Food & Culture Journals

Gastronomica
A peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, international journal publishing critical, translational studies on food.
Food and Foodways: Explorations in the History and Culture of Human Nourishment
This unique journal explores the powerful but often subtle ways in which food has shaped, and shapes, our lives socially, economically, politically, mentally, nutritionally, and morally.

Music and Arts Librarian

Christopher Schiff

Contact:

Ladd Library 134
(207) 786-6274
cschiff@bates.edu

I am usually at the Research Desk Wed. 1-4, Thurs. 6-9, and Fri. 10-1

Subjects: Africana, American Studies, Dance, Film Studies, Languages and Literatures, Latin, Music, Rhetoric, Theater