Food : the key concepts

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Food : the key concepts

Warren Belasco

(The key concepts)

Berg, 2008

  • : cloth
  • : paper

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Bibliography: p. 135-150

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Food: The Key Concepts presents an exciting, coherent and interdisciplinary introduction to food studies for the beginning reader. Food Studies is an increasingly complex field, drawing on disciplines as diverse as Sociology, Anthropology and Cultural Studies at one end and Economics, Politics and Agricultural Science at the other. In order to clarify the issues, Food: The Key Concepts distills food choices down to three competing considerations: consumer identity; matters of convenience and price; and an awareness of the consequences of what is consumed. The book concludes with an examination of two very different future scenarios for feeding the world's population: the technological fix, which looks to science to provide the solution to our future food needs; and the anthropological fix, which hopes to change our expectations and behaviors. Throughout, the analysis is illustrated with lively case studies. Bulleted chapter summaries, questions and guides to further reading are also provided.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Why Study Food? Chapter 2: Identity: Are We What We Eat? Chapter 3: The Drama of Food: Divided Identities Chapter 4: Convenience: The Global Food Chain Chapter 5:Responsibility: Do We Pay the Full Costs of Dinner? Chapter 6:The Future of Food Appendix: Questions for Discussion and Further Research Bibliography

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  • NCID
    BA88692296
  • ISBN
    • 184520672X
    • 9781845206734
  • LCCN
    2008024617
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford, UK ; New York, NY
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 158 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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