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This popular and engaging text, now revised in a second edition,
offers readers a social perspective on food, food practices, and
the modern food system. It engages readers' curiosity by
highlighting several paradoxes: how food is both individual and
social, reveals both distinction and conformity, and, in the
contemporary global era, comes from everywhere but nowhere in
particular. With updates and enhancements throughout, the new
edition provides an empirically deep, multifaceted, and coherent
introduction to this fascinating field. Each chapter begins with a
vivid case study, proceeds through a rich discussion of research
insights, and ends with discussion questions and suggested
resources. Chapter topics include food's role in socialization,
identity, health and social change, as well as food marketing and
the changing global food system. The new edition gives more focused
attention to labor (both paid and unpaid) in all aspects of the
food system. In synthesizing insights from diverse fields of social
inquiry, the book addresses issues of culture, structure, and
social inequality throughout. Written in a lively style, this book
will continue to be both accessible and revealing to beginning and
intermediate students alike.
This popular and engaging text, now revised in a second edition,
offers readers a social perspective on food, food practices, and
the modern food system. It engages readers' curiosity by
highlighting several paradoxes: how food is both individual and
social, reveals both distinction and conformity, and, in the
contemporary global era, comes from everywhere but nowhere in
particular. With updates and enhancements throughout, the new
edition provides an empirically deep, multifaceted, and coherent
introduction to this fascinating field. Each chapter begins with a
vivid case study, proceeds through a rich discussion of research
insights, and ends with discussion questions and suggested
resources. Chapter topics include food's role in socialization,
identity, health and social change, as well as food marketing and
the changing global food system. The new edition gives more focused
attention to labor (both paid and unpaid) in all aspects of the
food system. In synthesizing insights from diverse fields of social
inquiry, the book addresses issues of culture, structure, and
social inequality throughout. Written in a lively style, this book
will continue to be both accessible and revealing to beginning and
intermediate students alike.
This popular text, now in a third edition, offers readers a vivid
perspective on the cultural and social complexities of food
practices and the current food system. Synthesizing insights from
the multidisciplinary field of food studies, this book engages
readers' curiosity by highlighting the seeming paradoxes of food:
how food is both individual and social, reveals both distinction
and conformity, and, in the contemporary era, seems to come from
everywhere but nowhere in particular. Each chapter begins with an
intriguing case study and ends with suggested resources and
activities. Chapter topics include identity, restaurants and food
media, health, marketing, industrialization, global food, surplus
and scarcity, and social change. Updates and enhancements in this
edition reflect new scholarly insights into how food is involved in
social media, social movements, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Throughout, the book blends concepts and empirical accounts to
address the central issues of culture, structure, and social
inequality. Written in a lively, accessible style, this book
provides students with an unrivalled and multifaceted introduction
to this fascinating aspect of social life.
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