Food and Power: A Culinary Ethnography of Israel (Volume 67) (California Studies in Food and Culture)

Synopsis

Drawing On Ethnography Conducted In Israel Since The Late 1990s, Food And Power Considers How Power Is Produced, Reproduced, Negotiated, And Subverted In The Contemporary Israeli Culinary Sphere. Nir Avieli Explores Issues Such As The Definition Of Israeli Cuisine, The Ownership Of Hummus, The Privatization Of Communal Kibbutz Dining Rooms, And Food At A Military Prison For Palestinian Detainees To Show How Cooking And Eating Create Ambivalence Concerning Questions Of Strength And Weakness And How Power And Victimization Are Mixed Into A Sense Of Self-justification That Maintains Internal Cohesion Among Israeli Jews.--provided By Publisher. Introduction : The Hummus Wars -- Size Matters -- Roasting Meat -- Why We Like Italian Food -- The Mcdonaldization Of The Kibbutz Dining Room -- Meat And Masculinity In A Military Prison -- Thai Migrant Workers And The Dog Meat Eating Myth -- Conclusion : Food And Power, Orientalization And Ambivalence. Nir Avieli ; Drawings By Heimo Wallner. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.