Book Reviews - 2006, Volume 12, Number 1

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1) Diana Ambrozas: Arlene VOSKI AVAKIAN (ed.). 2005. Through the Kitchen Window: Women Explore the Intimate Meanings of Food and Cooking. Oxford and New York: Berg. xv + 315 pp. Pb.: £ 16.99. ISBN: 1 84520 326 7

2) Duška Kneževič Hočevar: Carrie B. DOUGLASS (ed). 2005. Barren states: The Population "Implosion" in Europe. Oxford and New York: Berg. x + 270 pp. Pb.: £17.99. ISBN: 1 84520049 7
3) Mohamed Waked: Julia ELYACHAR. 2005. Markets of Dispossession: NGOs, Economic Development and the Sate in Cairo. Durham and London: Duke University Press. xvi + 280pp. Pb.: £14.95. ISBN: 0-8223-3571-9.

4) Blanka Tivadar: Karin M. EKSTRÖM and Helene BREMBECK (eds.) 2004. Elusive Consumption. Oxford and NewYork: Berg Publishers. x+244 pp. Pb.: £ 16.99. ISBN 185973 768 4
5) Mateja Habinc: Doris FRANCIS, Leonie KELLAHER and Georgina NEOPHYTOU. 2005. The Secret Cemetery. Oxford and New York: Berg. xxii + 298 pp. Pb.: £18.99. ISBN: 1 85973 597 5
6) Maja Godina-Golija: Darra GOLDSTEIN and Kathrin MERKLE (eds.). 2005. Culinary cultures of Europe: Identity, diversity and dialogue. Strasbourg: Council of Europe Publishing. 502 pp. Hb.: EUR 49.00. ISBN: 92-871-5744-8.
7) Narmala Halstead: Lyn HARBOTTLE. 2004. Food for Health, Food for Wealth: The Performance of Ethnic andGender identities by Iranian Settlers in Britain. Oxford: Berghahn. vii +184 pp. Pb.: £17.00. ISBN 1 57181 634 8.
8) Emily Walmsley: Carolyn KORSMEYER (ed.). 2005. The Taste Culture Reader: Experiencing food and drink. Oxford and New York: Berg. 421pp. Pb.: £ 19.99. ISBN 184520061-6
9) Barbara Potrata: Michael LAMBEK and Paul ANTZE (eds.). 2004. Illness and Irony. On the Ambiguity of Suffering in Culture. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books. 153 pp. Pb.: £ 12.00. ISBN: 157 18 674 7
10) Fiona Scorgie: Mara MABILIA. 2005. Breast Feeding and Sexuality: Behaviour, Beliefs and Taboos among the Gogo Mothers in Tanzania. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books. xiv + 140 pp. Hb.: £25.00. ISBN: 1 57181 677 1
11) Susan Lewis: Helen MACBETH and Jeremy MacCLANCY (eds.). 2004. Researching Food Habits: Methods and Problems. Oxford and New York. Berghahn Books. xi + 214 pp. Pb.: $25.00. ISBN: 1 57181 545 7
12) Dag Tuastad: Dan RABINOWITZ and Khawla ABU-BAKER. 2005. Coffins on Our Shoulders: The Experience of the Palestinian Citizens of Israel. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press. xii + 211 pp. Pb.: £ 19.95. ISBN: 0 520 24557 1
13) Christian M. Prager: Gabrielle VAIL and Anthony AVENI. 2004. The Madrid Codex: New Approaches to Understanding an Ancient Maya Manuscript. Boulder: University Press of Colorado. xx + 426 pp. Hb.: $ 55.00. ISBN 0 87081 786 1
14) Elizabeth Mei-Li Roberts: James L. WATSON and Melissa L. CALDWELL (eds.). 2005. The Cultural Politics of Food and Eating: a Reader. Malden & Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. xii + 320 pp. Pb.: £ 17.99. ISBN: 0 631 23093 9