Leisure and food / edited by Heather Mair and Jennifer Summer.

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text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

1138903124
9781138903128

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DDC classification:

394.12 23

Contents:

1. Critical encounters: introduction to special issue on leisure and food / Heather Mair and Jennifer Sumner -- 2. "Just" desserts: an interpretive analysis of sports nutrition marketing / Joylin Namie and Russell Warne -- 3. Promoting sustainable food and food citizenship through an adult education leisure experience / Alan Warner, Edith Callaghan and Cate de Vreede -- 4. Epitomizing the "other" in ethnic eatertainment experiences / Deepak Chhabra, Woojin Lee and Shengnan Zhao -- 5. Gardening in green space for environmental justice: food security, leisure and social capital / Rob Porter and Heather McIlvaine-Newsad -- 6. Growing in place: the interplay of urban agriculture and place sentiment / Rudy Dunlap, Justin Harmon and Gerard Kyle -- 7. Tending to the soil: autobiographical narrative inquiry of gardening / Michael J. Dubnewick, Karen M. Fox and D. Jean Clandinin -- 8. Cooking up a storm: politics, labour and bodies / Elaine Swan.

Summary: "Leisure and food seem to be a natural fit, but the recent, unprecedented focus on all aspects of food has not been reflected in the field of leisure studies. This book is the first to combine these vital aspects of human interest by exploring the interface between leisure and food in a number of areas. For example, it examines sports nutrition products, which straddle the boundary between junk and food. It also looks into hosting sustainable meals, and what eaters can learn about sustainable food choices and food citizenship. It visits ethnic restaurants and inquires about the authenticity of eatertainment experiences from both the supply and demand side. And it takes up gardening, while investigating questions of food security, social capital, gardening narratives and the role of place. The book concludes with a dynamic reflection that sums up these leisure and food practices and sites, and challenges us to continue these debates."--Publisher's website.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	394.12 LEI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A556320B

Originally published as a special issue of Leisure/Loisir: Volume 37, issue 4 (November 2013)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Leisure and food seem to be a natural fit, but the recent, unprecedented focus on all aspects of food has not been reflected in the field of leisure studies. This book is the first to combine these vital aspects of human interest by exploring the interface between leisure and food in a number of areas. For example, it examines sports nutrition products, which straddle the boundary between junk and food. It also looks into hosting sustainable meals, and what eaters can learn about sustainable food choices and food citizenship. It visits ethnic restaurants and inquires about the authenticity of eatertainment experiences from both the supply and demand side. And it takes up gardening, while investigating questions of food security, social capital, gardening narratives and the role of place. The book concludes with a dynamic reflection that sums up these leisure and food practices and sites, and challenges us to continue these debates."--Publisher's website.

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