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Food And Diet In The Andes: Changing Markets And Lives In Nuñoa, James A. Fisher
Food And Diet In The Andes: Changing Markets And Lives In Nuñoa, James A. Fisher
Masters Theses
The town of Nuñoa, located in the southern Peruvian Andes, has been the ongoing focus of anthropological research. Household surveys of diet and food security (n=69) administered during 2012 are analyzed here and compared to past studies from previous decades. Study results show clearly that the amount and diversity of new foods available in the area has increased dramatically, but also gives evidence for continued disparate access to certain types of food along class lines. Socioeconomic status had a significant negative correlation with food insecurity and poor households more frequently consumed both potatoes and other cheap, high carbohydrate foods such …
Care And The Self: Theorizing The Significance Of Food In Rural Yucatan, Lauren Wynne
Care And The Self: Theorizing The Significance Of Food In Rural Yucatan, Lauren Wynne
Anthropology and Sociology Faculty Publications
In this essay, the author describes her dissertation fieldwork, focusing on human relationships with food, in rural Yucatan, Mexico.