Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-197) and index.
Chapter 1 Foucault, discourse, power and the subject -- chapter 2 Governmentality of modern nutrition -- chapter 3 Greeks to the Christians -- From ethics to guilt -- chapter 4 Religion and reason -- The emergence of a discourse on nutrition -- chapter 5 Paupers, prisoners and moral panics -- Refining the meaning of nutrition -- chapter 6 The nutritional policing of families -- chapter 7 Nutrition landscapes in the late twentieth century -- chapter 8 Nutrition homescapes in the twentieth century -- chapter 9 An ethnography of family food -- Subjects of food choice -- chapter 10 Conclusions.