(Paperback)

Restaurants have been accused of contributing to the homogenization of cultures. Yet, restaurants have also played a central role in the reassertion of the local, as powerful cultural brokers and symbols for protests against a globalized food system. This book brings together anthropological insights into these thoroughly postmodern places.

(Hardback)

Is the restaurant an ideal total social phenomenon for the contemporary world Restaurants define urban landscapes, reflecting and shaping the character of neighborhoods or standing for the ethos of an entire city or nation. This Book brings together anthropological insights into these postmodern places.