Food waste : home consumption, material culture and everyday life / David Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, David, 1981-

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Materializing culture

Materializing Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food--Social aspects.

Food.

Food--Cross-cultural studies.

Food habits--Social aspects.

Food habits.

Food habits--Cross-cultural studies.

Food consumption--Social aspects.

Food consumption.

Food consumption--Cross-cultural studies.

Waste (Economics)--Social aspects.

Waste (Economics).

Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects.

Consumption (Economics).

Social aspects.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

160 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.

Summary:

"In recent years, food waste has risen to the top of the political and public agenda, yet until now there has been no scholarly analysis applied to the topic as a complement and counter-balance to campaigning and activist approaches. Using ethnographic material to explore global issues, Food Waste unearths the processes that lie behind the volume of food currently wasted by households and consumers. The author demonstrates how waste arises as a consequence of households negotiating the complex and contradictory demands of everyday life, explores the reasons why surplus food ends up in the bin, and considers innovative solutions to the problem. Drawing inspiration from studies of consumption and material culture alongside social science perspectives on everyday life and the home, this lively yet scholarly book is ideal for students and researchers from a wide range of disciplines, along with anyone interested in understanding the food that we waste"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue : The Social Life (and Death) of Food

1. Bringing Waste to the Table

2. Ordinary Domestic Practice : Conceptualising, Resarching, Representing

3. Contextualising Household Food Consumption

4. Anxiety, Routine and Overprovisioning

5. The Gap in Disposal : From Surplus to Excess?

6. Bins and Things

7. Gifting, Re-use and Salvage

Conclusion : Living with Food, Reducing Waste.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-116) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780857852328

0857852329

9780857852335

0857852337

OCLC:

868038084

Publisher Number:

99960352557