Research Methods for Anthropological Studies of Food and Nutrition
Research Methods for Anthropological Studies of Food and Nutrition
Editors: Chrzan, Janet and Brett, John
Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: Berghahn Books
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$358.00

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$537.00
ISBN: 978-1-78-533297-5
Category: Food, Drink, Nutrition
Image Count:
15
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
This book offers a comprehensive reference for students and established scholars interested in food and nutrition research in Nutritional and Biological Anthropology, Archaeology, Socio-Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology, Food Studies and Applied Public Health.
This book is found in the following Credo Collections:
Table of Contents
- Introduction to Research Methods for Anthropological Studies of Food and Nutrition
- Research Ethics in Food Studies
- Part I. Food research: Nutritional Anthropology and Archaeological Methods
- Figures and Tables
- Introduction to Food Research: Nutritional Anthropology and Archaeological Methods
- Section II. Nutritional Anthropology
- – Design in Biocultural Studies of Food and Nutritional Anthropology: Section Introduction
- – Nutritional Anthropometry and Body Composition
- – Measuring Energy Expenditure in Daily Living: Established Methods and New Directions
- – Dietary Analyses
- – Ethnography as a Tool for Formative Research and Evaluation in Public Health Nutrition: Illustrations from the World of Infant and Young Child Feeding
- – Primate Nutrition and Foodways
- – Food Episodes/Social Events: Measuring the Nutritional and Social Value of Commensality
- Section III. Archaeological Study of Food and Food Habits
- – Archaeological Food and Nutrition Research: Section Introduction
- – Researching Plant Food Remains from Archaeological Contexts: Macroscopic, Microscopic, Chemical, and Molecular Approaches
- – Methods for Reconstructing Diet
- – Nutritional Stress in Past Human Groups
- – Research on Direct Food Remains
- – If There Is Food, We Will Eat: An Evolutionary and Global Perspective on Human Diet and Nutrition
- – Experimental Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology, and the Application of Archaeological Data to the Study of Subsistence, Diet, and Nutrition
- Part II. Food culture: Anthropology, Linguistics, and Food Studies
- Introduction to Food Culture: Anthropology, Linguistics, and Food Studies
- Section IV. Socio-Cultural Approaches
- – The Anthropology of Food and Food Anthropology: A Sociocultural Perspective
- – Interviewing Epistemologies: From Life History to Kitchen Table Ethnography
- – Studying Body Image and Food Consumption Practices
- – Visual Anthropology Methods
- – On the Lookout: The Use of Direct Observation in Nutritional Anthropology
- – Participant-Observation and Interviewing Techniques
- – Focus Groups in Qualitative or Mixed-Methods Research
- – Studying Food and Culture: Ethnographic Methods in the Classroom
- Section V. Linguistics and Food Talk
- – Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology Food Research Methods
- – Food Talk: Studying Foodways and Language in Use Together
- – An Introduction to Cultural Domain Analysis in Food Research: Free Lists and Pile Sorts
- – Food and Text(ual) Analysis
- – Analysis of Historic Primary Sources
- Section VI. Food Studies
- – Introduction to Food Studies Methods
- – Meaning-Centered Research in Food Studies
- – Food and Place
- – Sensory Ethnography: Methods and Research Design for Food Studies Research
- – Methods for Examining Food Value Chains in Conventional and Alternative Trade
- – The Single Food Approach: A Research Strategy in Nutritional Anthropology
- Part III. Food health: Nutrition, Technology, and Public Health
- Tables and Figures
- Introduction to Food Health: Nutrition, Technology, and Public Health
- Section VII. Public Health and Nutrition
- – Introduction to Public Health Nutrition Methods
- – Identifying and Using Indicators to Assess Program Effectiveness: Food Intake, Biomarkers, and Nutritional Evaluation
- – Focused Ethnographic Studies for Food and Nutrition Planning and Program Development
- – Methods for Community Health Involvement
- – Understanding Famine and Severe Food Emergencies
- – Food Activism: Researching Engagement, Engaging Research
- – Food Praxis as Method
- Section VIII. Technology and Analysis
- – Using Technology and Measurement Tools in Nutritional Anthropology of Food Studies
- – Mapping Food and Nutrition Landscapes: GIS Methods for Nutritional Anthropology
- – Photo-Video Voice
- – Digital Storytelling: Using First-Person Videos about Food in Research and Advocacy
- – Accessing and Using Secondary Quantitative Data from the Internet
- – Using Secondary Data in Nutritional Anthropology Research: Enhancing Ethnographic and Formative Research
- – Designing Food Insecurity Scales from the Ground Up: An Introduction and Working Example of Building and Testing Food Insecurity Scales in Anthropological Research