Food and Power in the Middle East and the Mediterranean

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsNir AvieliNir Avieli is a senior lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Nir is a cultural anthropologist interested mainly in food and in tourism. His book, Rice Talks: Food and Community in a Vietnamese Town, presents a culinary ethnography of the central Vietnamese town of Hoi An. He has conducted further ethnographic research in Thailand, India, Singapore and Israel. He is currently writing a book titled, Food and Power: A Culinary Ethnography of Israel. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel (avieli@bgu.ac.il).Rafi GrosglikRafi Grosglik is a PhD candidate at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He holds a master's degree in sociology and anthropology. Since 2008, he has been researching the cultural field of organic food in Israel. His dissertation deals with the cultural globalization and sociology of Israeli culinary culture. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel (rafig@post.bgu.ac.il).