Food and Cultural Studies (Paperback)

What and how we eat are two of the most persistent choices we face in everyday life. Whatever we decide on though, and however mundane our decisions may seem, they will be inscribed with information both about ourselves and about our positions in the world around us. Yet, food has only recently become a significant and coherent area of inquiry for cultural studies and the social sciences.
Food and Cultural Studies re-examines the interdisciplinary history of food studies from a cultural studies framework, from the semiotics of Barthes and the anthropology of Levi-Strauss to Elias' historical analysis and Bourdieu's work on the relationship between food, consumption and cultural identity. The authors then go on to explore subjects as diverse as food and nation, the gendering of eating in, the phenomenon of TV chefs, the ethics of vegetarianism and food, risk and moral panics.
This book will be fascinating reading for students and academics studying both consumption and cultural studies more broadly.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in Consumption and Markets
Release date:	April 2004
First published:	June 2004
Authors:	Bob Ashley • Joanne Hollows • Steve Jones • Ben Taylor
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-27039-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Health, Home & Family > Cookery / food & drink etc > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Food & Drink > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-27039-1
Barcode:	9780415270397

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