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Food :

(Number (ISBN

184520672X (cloth)

(Number (ISBN

1845206738 (paper)

(Number (ISBN

9781845206727 (cloth)

(Number (ISBN

9781845206734 (paper)

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b515491

Title Proper

Food :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the key concepts /

First Statement of Responsibility

Warren Belasco.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Berg,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2008.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

viii, 158 p. :

Other Physical Details

ill. ;

Dimensions

25 cm.

Series Title

The key concepts,

ISSN of Series

1747-6550

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-150) and index.

Text of Note

Overview -- 1. Why study food? -- Chapter summary -- 2. Identity : Are we what we eat? -- Cuisine -- Madeleines : food and memory -- Chapter summary -- 3. The drama of food : divided identities -- Food and sexuality -- Food and gender -- Embattled food -- Chapter summary -- 4. Convenience : the global food chain -- Inside gigantic -- The eight Fs -- Chapter summary -- 5. Responsibility : Who pays for dinner? -- Health costs : food-borne illness -- Health costs : fatness -- Confronting the externalities -- Chapter summary -- 6. The future of food -- Scenarios -- The technological fix : business as usual -- The anthropological fix : back to the future -- Chapter summary -- Questions for essays and class discussion.

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Text of Note

"Food: The Key Concepts presents an exciting, coherent and interdisciplinary introduction to food studies for the beginning reader. Food Studies is an increasingly complex field, drawing on disciplines as diverse as Sociology, Anthropology and Cultural Studies at one end and Economics, Politics and Agricultural Science at the other. In order to clarify the issues, Food: The Key Concepts distills food choices down to three competing considerations: consumer identity; matters of convenience and price; and an awareness of the consequences of what is consumed. The book concludes with an examination of two very different future scenarios for feeding the world's population: the technological fix, which looks to science to provide the solution to our future food needs; and the anthropological fix, which hopes to change our expectations and behaviors. Throughout, the analysis is illustrated with lively case studies. Bulleted chapter summaries, questions and guides to further reading are also provided."--P. [4] of cover.

Title

Food.

Food habits.

Food-- Social aspects.

Food.

Number

Edition

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Book number

Belasco, Warren James.

Date of Transaction

20111020090058.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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