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*Feeding the City: Work and Food Culture of the Mumbai Dabbawalas *di Sara
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Il volume è frutto di una lunga ricerca sul campo a Mumbai e racconta
l’etnografia della cooperativa* Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers Charity
Trust*, composta da circa 5.000 *dabbawala* (trasportatori di cibo), che
quotidianamente distribuiscono 200.000 *dabba* (pasti) nella metropoli.
Ecco i dettagli:
Every day in Mumbai 5,000 dabbawalas (literally translated as “those who
carry boxes”) distribute a staggering 200,000 home-cooked lunchboxes to the
city’s workers and students. Giving employment and status to thousands of
largely illiterate villagers from Mumbai’s hinterland, this co-operative
has been in operation since the late nineteenth century. It provides one of
the most efficient delivery networks in the world: only one lunch in six
million goes astray.
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. Developing the idea of
“gastrosemantics” – a language with which to discuss the broader
implications of cooking and eating – Roncaglia’s study helps us to rethink
our relationship to food at a local and global level.
The publication of this book is financed by the generous support of
interested readers and organisations, who made donations using the
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Title: Feeding the City: Work and Food Culture of the Mumbai Dabbawalas
Author: Sara Roncaglia Publication date: July 2013 Number of pages: 234
Dimensions: 6.14″ x 9.21″ | 234 x 156 mm BIC subject codes: JHMC (Social &
cultural anthropology, ethnography), KNDF (Food manufacturing & related
industries), JHM (Anthropology) ISBN Paperback: 978-1-909254-00-8 ISBN
Hardback: 978-1-909254-01-5 ISBN Digital (PDF): 978-1-909254-02-2 ISBN
Digital ebook (epub): 978-1-909254-03-9 ISBN Digital ebook (mobi):
978-1-909254-04-6 DOI: 10.11647/OBP.0031
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© Sara Roncaglia.
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