Food in society : economy, culture, geography

Author(s)

• Atkins, Peter
• Bowler, Ian R.

Bibliographic Information

Food in society : economy, culture, geography

Peter Atkins and Ian Bowler

Arnold, 2001

• : hb
• : pb

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hb ISBN 9780340720035

Description

Who can deny the significance of food? It has a central role in our health and pleasure as well as in our economy, politics and culture. Food in Society provides a social science perspective on food systems and demonstrates the rich variety of disciplinary and theoretical contexts of food studies. While hunger and malnutrition remain a reality in many countries, for some food has become an experience rather than a sustenance. This book addresses the different worldwide understandings of food through thematic chapters and a wide range of material including: description of the political economy of the food chain, from production to the point of sale; analysis of global issues of supply and demand; critical debate of environmental and health aspects of food, including GM food, the role of habits, taboos, age and gender in food consumption. Each chapter contains a guide to further reading and to websites of relevance to food. Extensively illustrated, this book is essential reading for students of food studies in the social sciences and humanities.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Hors D'oeuvre - A background to food studies Part 2 The Political Economy of Food Introduction Food regimes as an organizing concept Globalisation and food networks Transformation of the farm sector Food processing and manufacturing Food marketing and the consumer Part 3 Global and Geopolitical Food Issues Introduction Food production and population Malnutrition, hunger and famine Food surpluses Food security Food, world trade and geopolitics Part 4 A Political Ecology of Food Introduction Environmental context Food quality Food and health From the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution Food ethics, food policies and civil society Part 5 Food Consumption Spaces Introduction Factors in consumption The origins of taste Food habits, beliefs and taboos Food, gender and domestic spaces Part 6 Conclusion Food studies resources.

Volume

: pb ISBN 9780340720042

Description

Who can deny the significance of food? It has a central role in our health and pleasure as well as in our economy, politics and culture. Food in Society provides a social science perspective on food systems and demonstrates the rich variety of disciplinary and theoretical contexts of food studies. While hunger and malnutrition remain a reality in many countries, for some food has become an experience rather than a sustenance. This book addresses the different worldwide understandings of food through thematic chapters and a wide range of material including: description of the political economy of the food chain, from production to the point of sale; analysis of global issues of supply and demand; critical debate of environmental and health aspects of food, including GM food, the role of habits, taboos, age and gender in food consumption. Each chapter contains a guide to further reading and to websites of relevance to food. Extensively illustrated, this book is essential reading for students of food studies in the social sciences and humanities.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Hors D'oeuvre - A background to food studies Part 2 The Political Economy of Food Introduction Food regimes as an organizing concept Globalisation and food networks Transformation of the farm sector Food processing and manufacturing Food marketing and the consumer Part 3 Global and Geopolitical Food Issues Introduction Food production and population Malnutrition, hunger and famine Food surpluses Food security Food, world trade and geopolitics Part 4 A Political Ecology of Food Introduction Environmental context Food quality Food and health From the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution Food ethics, food policies and civil society Part 5 Food Consumption Spaces Introduction Factors in consumption The origins of taste Food habits, beliefs and taboos Food, gender and domestic spaces Part 6 Conclusion Food studies resources.

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Details

• NCID: BA5127349X
• ISBN:
  • 0340720034
  • 0340720042
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 328 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 394.1