Sustainable Consumption and Everyday Food Practices in Europe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amilien, Virginie.

Series:

Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food habits--Europe.

Food habits.

Sustainability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2026.

Summary:

Presenting case studies of everyday food practices, it examines food habits and the ways they are evolving or resisting change. It will appeal to students, researchers, and policymakers interested in sustainable food systems and consumption, and their intersections with sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, and sustainable development.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Foreword

List of contributors

Editors' note

Introducing 'let eat be': A book exploring everyday food practices through the lens of sustainable consumption

Part I Everyday food practices in 40 European families: Sustainable sayings and doings - 'The magic mystery tour' -

Chapter 1 Conceptual approach of 'let eat be'

Chapter 2 A deeper taste of everyday food culture based on an ethnographic approach

Chapter 3 Food for thoughts - a theoretical framework

Chapter 4 Everyday food consumption: Planning, purchasing, using, and discarding

Chapter 5 'I never focus on the price': Thinking about quality food through price sensitivity

Chapter 6 The geography of taste: Ethnocentric food choices and local identity

Bridge 1

Part II Sustainable gaze upon food consumption in households: 'Here comes the sun'

Chapter 7 Is there more space for care at the table? : An ethnographic exploration of (un)sustainable family meals in France and Australia

Chapter 8 Eating to sustain: Challenges for local food diversity: The case of the Ringerike potato, a Norwegian PGI

Chapter 9 Relationships and the storing of food: Household dynamics and informal food consumption

Bridge 2

Part III Further thoughts on transition and research tools on sustainable food: 'Imagine all the people sharing all the world'

Chapter 10 The body in everyday food practices: Becoming-with and attuning-to lived embodied entanglements

Chapter 11 Dialogue: A tool for new socio-ecological practices?

Chapter 12 A taste of tomorrow: How food informs imaginaries of the future

Chapter 13 Semi-fictional narratives and images: Inspiring socio-ecological transition through art-based methods

Speaking words of wisdom? Reflections on 'let eat be'

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-04-063567-9

1-04-050582-1

1-03-272600-8

9781032726007

OCLC:

1565283354

Publisher Number:

CIPO000326980