Carolyn De La Pena
Biographic Data
| ID | 114572 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carolyn De La Pena |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carolyn |
| FAMILY NAME | De La Pena |
| SIGNATURE | DE LA PENA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Davis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Local Foods Meet Global Foodways: Tasting History
Local Foods Meet Global Foodways: Tasting History
Foreword Carole Counihan 1. Introduction: Foodways, 'Foodism,' or Foodscapes? Navigating the Local/Global and Food/Culture Divides Carolyn de la Pena and Benjamin N. Lawrance 2. Milk for 'Growth': Global and Local Meanings of Milk Consumption in China, India, and the United States Andrea S. Wiley 3. Appetites Without Prejudice: U.S. Foreign Restaurants and the Globalization of American Food Between the Wars Audrey Russek 4. Virginia Ham: The Loca…
Good to Think with: Another Look at the Mechanized Tomato
This article focuses on the relationships between individuals along the innovation chain that made the rapid mechanization of the tomato harvest possible in 1960s California. Based on oral histories, extension documents, trade journal stories and advertising materials, it argues that two factors enabled the rapid shift from hand to machine labor. First, the Bracero Program's political fragility combined with the economic importance of California'…
The Frontiers of Food Studies
From Latin meaning hearth or fireplace, and by extension the center of the home. Taken by Kepler (1604) in a mathematical sense for “point of convergence. ” Introduced into English 1656 by Hobbes. Sense transfer to “center of activity or energy ” is first recorded 1796. From the First Lady’s organic garden to policy proposals that would tax soda consumption to Julia Robert’s meal-based healing on the big screen, food is a site of American politic…
Introduction: Traversing the Local/Global and Food/Culture Divides
This interdisciplinary collection contributes to debates about the role and movement of commodities in the historical and contemporary world. The seven articles and Afterword by noted theorist of cuisine Rachel Laudan collectively address a fundamental tension in the emerging scholarly terrain of food studies, namely theorizing the relationship between foodstuff production and cuisine patterns. Originally drafted as contributions to a conference …
T he G arlic C apital of the W orld: G ilroy , G arlic, and the M aking of a F estive F oodscape by Pauline Adema
The History of Technology, the Resistance of Archives, and the Whiteness of Race
The History of Technology, the Resistance of Archives, and the Whiteness of Race Carolyn de la Peña (bio) What gets remembered is not simply a matter of documents but also of choice, of deciding what we will write about. And that decision often rests on what we imagine is possible to write about. —Bruce Sinclair, 2004 At the annual meeting of the Society for the History of Technology in 2004, I presented a paper in a session titled "Race and Tech…
Virtual America: Sleeping through Paradise
Journal Article Virtual America: Sleeping through Paradise Get access Virtual America: Sleeping through Paradise. By Opie John. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. xviii + 260 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $45.00; CAN$49.50.) Carolyn de la Peña Carolyn de la Peña University of California, Davis Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 40, Issue 4…
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The History of Technology, the Resistance of Archives, and the Whiteness of Race
The History of Technology, the Resistance of Archives, and the Whiteness of Race Carolyn de la Peña (bio) What gets remembered is not simply a matter of documents but also of choice, of deciding what we will write about. And that decision often rests on what we imagine is possible to write about. —Bruce Sinclair, 2004 At the annual meeting of the Society for the History of Technology in 2004, I presented a paper in a session titled "Race and Tech…
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Good to Think with: Another Look at the Mechanized Tomato
This article focuses on the relationships between individuals along the innovation chain that made the rapid mechanization of the tomato harvest possible in 1960s California. Based on oral histories, extension documents, trade journal stories and advertising materials, it argues that two factors enabled the rapid shift from hand to machine labor. First, the Bracero Program's political fragility combined with the economic importance of California'…
Introduction: Traversing the Local/Global and Food/Culture Divides
This interdisciplinary collection contributes to debates about the role and movement of commodities in the historical and contemporary world. The seven articles and Afterword by noted theorist of cuisine Rachel Laudan collectively address a fundamental tension in the emerging scholarly terrain of food studies, namely theorizing the relationship between foodstuff production and cuisine patterns. Originally drafted as contributions to a conference …
Assessing information needs of visitor bureaus
Virtual America: Sleeping through Paradise
Journal Article Virtual America: Sleeping through Paradise Get access Virtual America: Sleeping through Paradise. By Opie John. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. xviii + 260 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $45.00; CAN$49.50.) Carolyn de la Peña Carolyn de la Peña University of California, Davis Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 40, Issue 4…
T he G arlic C apital of the W orld: G ilroy , G arlic, and the M aking of a F estive F oodscape by Pauline Adema
The History of Technology, the Resistance of Archives, and the Whiteness of Race
The History of Technology, the Resistance of Archives, and the Whiteness of Race Carolyn de la Peña (bio) What gets remembered is not simply a matter of documents but also of choice, of deciding what we will write about. And that decision often rests on what we imagine is possible to write about. —Bruce Sinclair, 2004 At the annual meeting of the Society for the History of Technology in 2004, I presented a paper in a session titled "Race and Tech…
The Frontiers of Food Studies
From Latin meaning hearth or fireplace, and by extension the center of the home. Taken by Kepler (1604) in a mathematical sense for “point of convergence. ” Introduced into English 1656 by Hobbes. Sense transfer to “center of activity or energy ” is first recorded 1796. From the First Lady’s organic garden to policy proposals that would tax soda consumption to Julia Robert’s meal-based healing on the big screen, food is a site of American politic…
Introduction: Traversing the Local/Global and Food/Culture Divides
This interdisciplinary collection contributes to debates about the role and movement of commodities in the historical and contemporary world. The seven articles and Afterword by noted theorist of cuisine Rachel Laudan collectively address a fundamental tension in the emerging scholarly terrain of food studies, namely theorizing the relationship between foodstuff production and cuisine patterns. Originally drafted as contributions to a conference …
Local Foods Meet Global Foodways: Tasting History
Local Foods Meet Global Foodways: Tasting History
Foreword Carole Counihan 1. Introduction: Foodways, 'Foodism,' or Foodscapes? Navigating the Local/Global and Food/Culture Divides Carolyn de la Pena and Benjamin N. Lawrance 2. Milk for 'Growth': Global and Local Meanings of Milk Consumption in China, India, and the United States Andrea S. Wiley 3. Appetites Without Prejudice: U.S. Foreign Restaurants and the Globalization of American Food Between the Wars Audrey Russek 4. Virginia Ham: The Loca…
Good to Think with: Another Look at the Mechanized Tomato
This article focuses on the relationships between individuals along the innovation chain that made the rapid mechanization of the tomato harvest possible in 1960s California. Based on oral histories, extension documents, trade journal stories and advertising materials, it argues that two factors enabled the rapid shift from hand to machine labor. First, the Bracero Program's political fragility combined with the economic importance of California'…
Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · American History and Culture (2 works) · Architecture, Design, and Social History (2 works)