28 min listen
Foie gras & the politics of taste - Memories of Irish food
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Nov 30, 2016
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Podcast episode
Description
Foie gras: The politics of taste. Laurie Taylor talks to Michaela DeSoucey, Assistant Professor of Sociology at North Carolina State University, about the controversies that surround this luxury product. What makes us see some foods as 'wrong' and worthy of prohibition? They're joined by the distinguished anthropologist, Henrietta Moore. Also, memories of Irish food. Angela Maye-Banbury, Principal Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, talks about her research with working class Irish male migrants whose evocative recollections of the food back home illuminate their sense of the past.
Producer: Natalia Fernandez.
Producer: Natalia Fernandez.
Released:
Nov 30, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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