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Martin Manalansan and Mary Weismantel: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner An Anthropologist's View

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  • ABOUT Martin F. Manalansan

    Martin F. Manalansan is an associate professor of Asian American studies, anthropology, international programs and studies, and Latin American and Caribbean studies at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora; The Empire of Food: Place, Memory and Asian Ethnic Cuisines; and Prairiescapes: Mapping food, loss, and longing.

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  • ABOUT Mary Weismantel

    Mary Weismantel is a professor of anthropology at Northwestern University. She is also an associate curator at the Field Museum of Natural History. Weismantel is the author of Cholas and Pishtacos: Stories of Race and Sex in the Andes, and Food, Gender and Poverty in the Ecuadorian Andes. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including funding from the National Science Foundation, Fulbright Foundation, and National Endowment from the Humanities.

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Click play to listen. Recorded on Nov. 7, 2010.

Food nourishes our bodies, tantalizes our senses, and inspires our creativity. Moreover, it permeates our cultural traditions and helps define who we are. Noted  food anthropologists Martin Manalansan of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Mary Weismantel of Northwestern University present key insights developed in this fast-emerging field. Going far beyond an exploration of the different foodstuffs consumed around the globe, they examine how food gives meaning to our lives, how it functions in a global economy, how it traces and remaps routes of migration, and the way taste blends with our other senses.

This program is generously underwritten by the Sara Lee Foundation.

The Chicago Humanities Festival is grateful for a grant from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust to develop its young audiences initiative. This program results from this multi-year initiative.

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