A sociology of food and nutrition : the social appetite / edited by John Germov and Lauren Williams.
Material type: TextPublisher: South Melbourne, Vic. ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999Description: xx, 332 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 019550609X
- 9780195506099
- 306.4613 23
- GT2855 .S63 1999
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- An Appetiser: How to Get the Most out of this Book -- 1. Introducing the Social Appetite: Why Do We Need a Sociology of Food and Nutrition? -- Pt. 1. McDonaldisation: Standardising Food Production and Consumption -- 2. World Hunger -- 3. Food and the Environment -- 4. Future Food: The Politics of Functional Foods and Health Claims -- 5. Setting the Menu: Dietary Guidelines, Corporate Interests, and Nutrition Policy -- Pt. 2. Social Differentiation: Food Consumption and Identity -- 6. Humans, Food, and Other Animals: The Vegetarian Option -- 7. Eating Out: Reflections on the Experiences of Consumers in England -- 8. Food and Class -- 9. Culture, Food, and Nutrition in Increasingly Culturally Diverse Societies -- 10. Food and Ageing -- Pt. 3. Self-Rationalisation: Nutrition Discourses, Food, and the Body -- 11. Sociological Analysis of the Stigmatisation of Obesity -- 12. The Thin Ideal: Women, Food, and Dieting -- 13. 'It's Like They Want You to Get Fat': Social Reconstruction of Women's Bodies during Pregnancy -- 14. Motherhood, Morality, and Infant Feeding -- 15. The Government of the Table: Nutrition Expertise and the Social Organisation of Family Food Habits -- Pt. 4. Future Directions -- 16. 'The Nation's Diet' and the Policy Contexts -- 17. The Hyper-Rational Social Appetite: Towards a Synthesis of Food Trends -- Glossary -- App.: Key Web Resources, Books, Journals, Videos, and Associations -- Index.
"This innovative book examines the social context of food and nutrition by exploring the socio-cultural, political, economic, and philosophical factors that influence food production and consumption."--Publisher description.
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