Food words : essays in culinary culture / Peter Jackson and the CONANX group ; foreword by Warren J. Belasco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Peter, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food--Terminology.

Food.

Gastronomy--Terminology.

Gastronomy.

Culture--Semiotic models.

Culture.

Figures of speech.

Genre:

Terminology.

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

xi, 293 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.

Summary:

Food Words is a series of provocative essays on some of the most important keywords in the emergent field of food studies, focusing on current controversies and ongoing debates. Words like choice and convenience are often used as explanatory terms in understanding consumer behavior but are clearly ideological in the way they reflect particular positions and serve specific interests, while words like 'taste' and 'value' are no less complex and contested. Inspired by Raymond Williams, Food Words traces the multiple meanings of each of our keywords, tracking nuances in different (academic, commercial, and policy) contexts. Mapping the dynamic meanings of each term, the book moves forward from critical assessment to active intervention - an attitude that is reflected in the Lively, sometimes combative, style of the essays. Each essay is research-based and fully referenced but accessible to the general reader. With a foreword by eminent food scholar Warren Belasco, Professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and written by an interdisciplinary team associated with the CONANX research project {Consumer Culture in an 'Age of Anxiety'), Food Words is essential reading for food scholars across the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Book jacket.

Contents:

A

Advertising / Qian Gong Gong, Qian 12

Aesthetics / Jakob Wenzer Wenzer, Jakob 14

Anxiety / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter 16

Appetite / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter 23

Artisan / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter 25

Authenticity / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter 27

B

Body / Helene Brembeck Brembeck, Helene 32

Brands / Jakob Wenzer Wenzer, Jakob 35

C

Celebrity Chefs / Nick Piper Piper, Nick 40

Choice / Richard Lee Lee, Richard 43

Class / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter 45

Commodities / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter 48

Consumption / Helene Brembeck Brembeck, Helene 50

Convenience / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter 56

Cooking / Angela Meah Meah, Angela 59

D

Drinking / Nick Piper Piper, Nick 64

E

Eating / Angela Meah Meah, Angela 68

Ecology / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter 72

Emotion / Richard Milne Milne, Richard 74

Exotic / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter 79

F

Farming / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter, Richard Lee Lee, Richard 82

Foodscapes / Jakob Wenzer Wenzer, Jakob 83

Fresh / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter 85

G

Gender / Angela Meah Meah, Angela 88

Gourmet / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter 95

Governance / Richard Lee Lee, Richard 96

H

Hunger and Famine / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter 100

I

Innovation / Richard Lee Lee, Richard 104

K

Kitchens 110

Angela Meah

L

Labeling / Richard Milne Milne, Richard 116

Local-Global / Richard Milne Milne, Richard 120

M

Markets / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter 126

Materialities / Matt Watson Watson, Matt 127

Media / Qian Gong Gong, Qian 130

Memory / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter 137

Moral Economy / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter 139

N

Nutrition / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter 148

P

Packaging / Maria Fuentes Fuentes, Maria 152

Pleasure / Angela Meah Meah, Angela 155

Practices / Matt Watson Watson, Matt 157

Provenance / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter 160

Q

Quality / Richard Milne Milne, Richard 166

R

Race and Ethnicity / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter, Angela Meah Meah, Angela 170

Responsibility / Angela Meah Meah, Angela 172

Risk / Richard Milne Milne, Richard 173

S

Safety / Richard Milne Milne, Richard 184

Science / Richard Milne Milne, Richard 188

Security / Ben Coles Coles, Ben 193

Sex / Angela Meah Meah, Angela 194

Shopping / Maria Fuentes Fuentes, Maria 197

Skill / Angela Meah Meah, Angela 200

Space and Place / Ben Coles Coles, Ben 203

Sustainability / Matt Watson Watson, Matt 209

T

Taste / Richard Milne Milne, Richard 211

Technologies / Richard Lee Lee, Richard 221

Time / Matt Watson Watson, Matt 224

Tradition / Angela Meah Meah, Angela 228

Trust / Richard Milne Milne, Richard 230

V

Values / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter 240

W

Waste / Matt Watson Watson, Matt 244

Work / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter 246.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0857851950

9780857851956

9780857851963

0857851969

9780857852359

0857852353

OCLC:

828775883

Publisher Number:

99956219563