TY - BOOK AU - Mennell,Stephen AU - Murcott,Anne AU - Otterloo,Anneke H.van ED - International Sociological Association. TI - The sociology of food: eating, diet, and culture T2 - Current sociology = La Sociologie contemporaine, SN - 0803988397 AV - GT2855 .M46 1992 U1 - 394.12 23 PY - 1992/// CY - London, Newbury Park, Calif. PB - Sage KW - Food habits KW - Food KW - Social aspects KW - Nutrition KW - Sociology KW - Culture N1 - "Published in association with the International Sociological Association"--Cover, p. 4; Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-146) and index; 1; Introduction: Significance and Theoretical Orientations; Food among the Sociological Classics; Theoretical Approaches to the Sociology of Food and Eating --; 2; The Development of Culinary Cultures --; 3; Ethnological Food Research; Ethnological Contributions; Histoire des mentalites; Anthropological Approaches --; 4; Nutritional Trends; The Development of Nutritional Science and Cognate Disciplines; Research on Food Consumption and Eating Habits; Trends in Nutritional Policies --; 5; Beliefs and Practices About Food and Health: The Lay Perspective --; 6; Eating Disorders; The Long-term Civilising of Appetite?; Why Women? --; 7; Patterns of Food Consumption; Class; Sex; Age --; 8; Shortage and Plenty; From Shortage to Plenty in Past and Present; Fasting and Feasting; Food and Social Inequality: Old and New Deprivation, in Contemporary Western Countries --; 9; Food Technology and Its Impact; Industrialisation of Agricultural and Artisan Food Production; Distribution; Preparation and Consumption; Recent Developments in Food Technology; Implications for Contemporary Consumers and Consumption --; 10; The Impact on Food of Colonialism and Migration; Travelling Foodstuffs and Early Colonial Eating Habits; Industrialisation and Empire-building; The Rise of Immigrant Cuisines --; 11; The Public Sphere: Professional Cooks and Eating Outside the Home; Gastronomes and Gastronomy ER -