Food & society : principles and paradoxes / Amy E. Guptill, Denise A. Copelton, and Betsy Lucal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guptill, Amy Elizabeth, 1973- author.

Copelton, Denise A., author.

Lucal, Betsy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food--Social aspects.

Food.

Food habits--Social aspects.

Food habits.

Physical Description:

308 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

3rd edition.

Other Title:

Food and society

Principles and paradoxes

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2023.

Summary:

This popular text, now in a third edition, offers readers a vivid perspective on the cultural and social complexities of food practices and the current food system. Synthesizing insights from the multidisciplinary field of food studies, this book engages readers' curiosity by highlighting the seeming paradoxes of food: how food is both individual and social, reveals both distinction and conformity, and, in the contemporary era, seems to come from everywhere but nowhere in particular. Each chapter begins with an intriguing case study and ends with suggested resources and activities. Chapter topics include identity, restaurants and food media, health, marketing, industrialization, global food, surplus and scarcity, and social change. Updates and enhancements in this edition reflect new scholarly insights into how food is involved in social media, social movements, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout, the book blends concepts and empirical accounts to address the central issues of culture, structure, and social inequality. Written in a lively, accessible style, this book provides students with an unrivalled and multifaceted introduction to this fascinating aspect of social life--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Principles and paradoxes in the study of food

Food and identity : fitting in and standing out

Food as spectacle : the hard work of leisure

Nutrition and health : good to eat, hard to stomach

Branding and marketing : governing the sovereign consumer

Industrialization : the high costs of cheap food

Global food : from everywhere to nowhere

Food access : surplus and scarcity

Food and social change : the value of values.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [250]-294) and index (pages [295]-308).

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781509542239

150954223X

9781509542246

1509542248

OCLC:

1346492447