Food Between the Country and the City
I welcomed the opportunity to see how scholars of food studies would make use of one of my take-to-the-desert-island favorite […]
Every Twelve Seconds. Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight
Long-term vegetarian (and member of The Beatles) Paul McCartney famously observed that if slaughterhouses had glass walls, we would all
Anthrostate Call Reviews
Call for Reviews: Recent Publications on the #Anthrostate
The last two weeks here at Allegra have been dedicated to all things #Anthrostate. To continue the theme, we have
The World as it is and the world as it wants to be #HumanRights
This Thursday, Allegra TV gives you a recent talk by Mark Goodale held at the University of Copenhagen on May
#REVIEW: Rice Talks: Food and Community in a Vietnamese Town
In his book Rice Talks: Food and Community in a Vietnamese Town, anthropologist Nir Avieli brings to light the importance
#REVIEW: One Hour in Paris: A True Story of Rape and Recovery, Part 2 of 2
This post marks the second part of our special review section on One Hour in Paris: A True Story of
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#Review: One Hour in Paris. A True Story of Rape and Recovery, Part 1 of 2
One Hour in Paris: A True Story of Rape and Recovery is one part personal memoir, one part intellectual exploration
Brazilian Food. Race, Class and Identity in Regional Cuisines
“The symbolic power of foods…is different from (even if related in some manner to) the tactical and structural power that
The Darjeeling Distinction. Labor and Justice on Fair-Trade Tea Plantations in India.
In The Darjeeling Distinction, Sarah Besky provides a highly readable and theoretically ambitious ethnography of tea plantations in West Bengal’s
New and Old Wars. Organized Violence in a Global Era.
An important book since its first edition, the third edition of Kaldor’s New and Old Wars struggles to keep pace