Foodways and Empathy
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
9780857459190 (ISBN)
Provides a unique ethnographic example of kinship / relatedness.
Shows the conceptual convergence of foodways with empathy.
Provides an example of the cultural dimensions of empathy.
Through the sharing of food, people feel entitled to inquire into one another’s lives and ponder one another’s states in relation to their foodways. This in-depth study focuses on the Bosmun of Daiden, a Ramu River people in an under-represented area in the ethnography of Papua New Guinea, uncovering the conceptual convergence of local notions of relatedness, foodways, and empathy. In weaving together discussions about paramount values as passed on through myth, the expression of feelings in daily life, and the bodily experience of social and physical environs, a life-world unfolds in which moral, emotional, and embodied foodways contribute notably to the creation of relationships. Concerned with unique processes of “making kin,” the book adds a distinct case to recent debates about relatedness and empathy and sheds new light onto the conventional anthropological themes of food production, sharing, and exchange.
Anita von Poser was awarded a DPhil at the University of Heidelberg. As a postdoctoral fellow of the multidisciplinary Max Planck International Research Network on Aging, she was based at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle/Saale. She currently holds a teaching and research position at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Free University Berlin.
List of Maps and Figures
Acknowledgements
Annotations to the Text
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Ethnographic Frame
Chapter 2. The Sago Spirit’s Legacy and Bosmun Sociality
Chapter 3. Nzari’s Journey and the Enactment of Life Cycle Events
Chapter 4. Ropor’s Belly and Emplaced Empathy
Conclusion
Glossary
Appendix
References
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.8.2013 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific |
| Zusatzinfo | 25 Maps; 25 Figures; 25 Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 558 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9780857459190 / 9780857459190 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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