The centrality of food in life, and the importance of food as life,
is undeniable. As a source of biological substrates, personal
pleasure and political power, food is and has been an enduring
requirement of human biological, social and cultural existence. In
recent years, interest in food has increased across the academic,
public and popular spheres, fuelled by popular media's constant
play on the role of food and body size, and food and cooking, as a
mass spectacle for TV audiences. In Food, a new book part of the
Shortcuts Series, John Coveney examines 'food as...' humanness,
identity, politics, industry, regulation, the environment and
justice. He explores how food helps us understand what it means to
be human. Through food, we construct our social identities, our
families and communities, but this book also highlights the
tensions between the industrialisation of food, the environment,
and the fair (or otherwise) worldwide distribution of food. It
considers how the food industries, on which most of us have to
rely, have also had direct effects on our bodies - whether through
diet and longevity, or the development of illness and diseases.
This book is for all students and general readers alike - or for
anyone with a fascination with food. It questions the idea that
food is merely something inert on the plate, and instead shows how
influential, symbolic, powerful and transformative food has come to
be. This book is part of the Shortcuts series published by
Routledge, a major new series of concise, accessible introductions
to some of the major issues of our times.
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