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Feeding the city : work and food culture of the Mumbai dabbawalas
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- Summary
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"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 requiremen...
"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.
Details
- Creator
- Sara Roncaglia
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Open Book Publishers
- Cambridge, England : Open Book Publishers, 2013
- ©2013
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xv, 214 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF files(s)
- text file
- ISBNs
- 9781909254039, 1909254037, 9782821854123, 2821854129, 9781909254022, 1909254029, 9781909254015, 1909254010, 1909254002
- OCLC
- ocn878145077
- CC-BY-ND-4.0
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Translated from the Italian by Angela Arnone.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Also available in print form.
- English
- Introduction --1. Bombay-Mumbai and the Dabbawalas: Origin and Development of a Parallel Economy --2. Dabbawala Ethics in Transition --3. Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers Charity Trust: The Shaping of Dabbawala Relations --Conclusions: Tastes and Cultures --Appendix: Theory and Practice for an Ethnography of Diversities