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The Cultural Politics of Food and Eating offers an ethnographicallyinformed perspective on the ways in which people use food to makesense of life in an increasingly interconnected world. Uses food as a central idiom for teaching about culture andaddresses broad themes such as globalization, capitalism, marketeconomies, and consumption practices Spanning 5 continents, features studies from 11countries?Japan, China, Russia, Ukraine, Germany, France,Burkina Faso, Chile, Trinidad, Mexico, and the United States Offers discussion of such hot topics as sushi, fast food,gourmet foods, and food scares and contamination