Food:the key concepts
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Main Authors: | |
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Published: |
Berg,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford New York |
Publication Dates: | c2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
The key concepts |
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Carrier Form: | viii, 158 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781845206727 (cloth) 184520672X (cloth) 9781845206734 (paper) 1845206738 (paper) |
Index Number: | TS20 |
CLC: |
TS20 C913.3 TS971 K891.25 |
Call Number: | C913.3/B426 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-150) and index. 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 : busine |