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Sociology on the menu : an invitation to the study of food and society / Alan Beardsworth, Teresa Keil.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beardsworth, Alan, 1945- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food habits.
- Food consumption.
- Nutrition.
- Sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 277 pages) : illustrations, charts
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Sociology on the Menu is an accessible introduction to the sociology of food. Highlighting the social and cultural dimensions of the human food system, from production to consumption, it encourages us to consider new ways of thinking about the apparently mundane, everyday act of eating.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The social dimensions of the food system
- pt. 2. The social organization of eating
- pt. 3. Food, health and well-being
- pt. 4. Patterns of preference and avoidance.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-270) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-82316-9
- 1-134-82317-7
- 1-280-32057-5
- 0-203-42871-4
- 9780203428719
- OCLC:
- 251537293
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