The Bloomsbury handbook of food and popular culture / edited by Kathleen LeBesco and Peter Naccarato.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

LeBesco, Kathleen, 1970- editor.

Naccarato, Peter, 1970- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food in popular culture.

Physical Description:

xi, 347 pages ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Handbook of food and popular culture

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.

Summary:

Bringing together over 20 original essays from leading experts, including Amy Bentley, Deborah Lupton, Fabio Parasecoli, and Isabelle de Solier, this Handbook offers an authoritative comprehensive overview of and introduction to the field of food and popular culture. Divided into four parts, the book covers: Media and Communication; including film, television, print media, the internet, and emerging media, Material Cultures of Eating; including eating across the lifespan, home cooking, food retail, restaurants, and street food, Aesthetics of Food; including urban landscapes, museums, visual and performance arts, Socio-Political Considerations; including popular discourses around food science, waste, nutrition, ethical eating, and food, Each chapter outlines key theories and existing areas of research whilst providing historical context and considering possible future developments. The Introduction by Kathleen LeBesco and Peter Naccarato, ensures cohesion and accessibility throughout. Truly interdisciplinary, this book makes an invaluable contribution to the study of food and popular culture. It is an essential reference work for students, researchers and scholars in food studies, film and media studies, communication studies, sociology, cultural studies, and American studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Gender and food television : a transnational perspective on the gendered identities of televised celebrity chefs / Jonatan Leer

Food and cinema : an evolving relationship / Laura Lindenfeld and Fabio Parasecoli

Global food, global media, global culture : representations of the new Indian cuisine in Indian media / Rohit Chopra

Tasting the digital : new food media / Isabelle de Solier

Cooking, eating, uploading : digital food cultures / Deborah Lupton

A history of food in popular culture over the life span / Amy Bentley and Shayne Leslie Figueroa

Cooking at home : the cultural construction of American "home cooking" in popular discourse / Jessamyn Neuhaus

Trends in food retail : the supermarket and beyond / Shelley Koch

Haute, fast, and historic : restaurants and the rise of popular culture / David Beriss

No longer tied to the local : street food's technological revolution / Bryan W. Moe and Kendall R. Shurance

Food, design, and innovation : from professional specialization to citizen involvement / Fabio Parasecoli

Food and urban design : urban agriculture as second nature? / Katrin Bohn and Andre Viljoen

Procrustean boxes : architecture and slaughter / Paulette Singley

Food and art : changing perspectives on food as a creative medium / Yael Raviv

A cultural history of restaurants in art museums : collaborative creativities / Irina D. Mihalache

Performing with(in) food / David Szanto

From food advertising to digital engagements : future challenges for public health / Rebecca Wells and Martin Caraher

Scourge or savior? : the complex relationship between food and science / Rachel A. Ankeny and Heather J. Bray

Nutrition, health and food : "what should I eat?" / Jessica Mudry

A kind diet : cultivating consumer politics, status, and femininity through ethical eating / Josée Johnston, Kate Cairns and Merin Oleschuk

Food and cultural heritage : preserving, re-inventing and exposing food cultures / Elisa Ascione

A smiling face is half the meal* : setting a place for culture in food advocacy (*Latvian proverb) / Wayne Roberts and Lori Stahlbrand

What is (not) food? : the construction of food waste as a social problem / Leda Cooks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474296243

1474296246

OCLC:

1010665084

Publisher Number:

99975867375