Food and cultural studies

Author(s)

    • Ashley, Bob

Bibliographic Information

Food and cultural studies

Bob Ashley ... [et al.]

(Studies in consumption and markets)

Routledge, 2004

  • :hbk.
  • : pbk

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Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-228) and index

Contents of Works

  • Food-cultural studies : three paradigms
  • The raw and the cooked
  • Food, bodies, and etiquette
  • Consumption and taste
  • The national diet
  • The global kitchen
  • Shopping for food
  • Eating in
  • Eating out
  • Food writing
  • Television chefs
  • Food ethics and anxieties

Description and Table of Contents

Description

What and how we eat are two of the most persistent choices we face in everyday life. Whatever we decide on though, and however mundane our decisions may seem, they will be inscribed with information both about ourselves and about our positions in the world around us. Yet, food has only recently become a significant and coherent area of inquiry for cultural studies and the social sciences. Food and Cultural Studies re-examines the interdisciplinary history of food studies from a cultural studies framework, from the semiotics of Barthes and the anthropology of Levi-Strauss to Elias' historical analysis and Bourdieu's work on the relationship between food, consumption and cultural identity. The authors then go on to explore subjects as diverse as food and nation, the gendering of eating in, the phenomenon of TV chefs, the ethics of vegetarianism and food, risk and moral panics.

Table of Contents

1. Food-Cultural Studies: Three paradigms 2. The Raw and the Cooked 3. Food, Bodies and Etiquette 4. Consumption and Taste 5. The National Diet 6. The Global Kitchen 7. Shopping for Food 8. Eating In 9. Eating Out 10. Food Writing 11. Television Chefs 12. Food Ethics and Anxieties

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Details

  • NCID
    BA67135429
  • ISBN
    • 0415270383
    • 0415270391
  • LCCN
    2003025743
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 240 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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