The sociology of food : eating, diet and culture
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The sociology of food : eating, diet and culture
Sage Publications, 1992
- : hbk
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityアフリカ専攻
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"International Sociological Association"--Cover
Bibliography: p. [120]-146
Includes index
Published in association with the International Sociological Association
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"The Sociology of Food and Eating" provides understanding of the role of food in the contemporary world and demonstrates why the subject has emerged as a significant area of sociological research. Drawing on interdisciplinary sources, the authors explore both the empirical questions raised by the relation of food to inequality, scarcity and famine, and the broader theoretical issue of food as a fundamental item of consumption and cultural symbol. Topics examined include: the relation of food to nutrition and health, and the growth of eating disorders in contemporary societies; inequalities of consumption by class, gender, age and nation; the relation of food to the definition of private and public spheres; historical and anthropological perspectives on culinary cultures; the impact of food on colonialism and migration; changing technologies of food production and their social consequences. "The Sociology of Food and Eating" is also published as a special issue of "Current Sociology" (Volume 40, Issue 2).
Table of Contents
- Introduction - significance and theoretical orientations
- the development of culinary cultures
- ethnological food research
- nutritional trends
- beliefs and practices about food and health - the lay perspective
- eating disorders
- patterns of food consumption
- shortage and plenty
- food technology and its impact
- the impact on food of colonialism and migration
- the public sphere - professional cooks and eating outside the home
- domestic cookery, home economics and girls' education
- food in the division of labour at home
- food in total institutions
- conclusion - commensality and society.
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