Food and Society: Principles and Paradoxes

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Food and Society: Principles and Paradoxes

This timely and engaging text offers students a social perspective on food, food practices, and the modern food system. It engages readersâ€™ curiosity by highlighting several paradoxes: how food is both mundane and sacred, reveals both distinction and conformity, and, in the contemporary global era, comes from everywhere but nowhere in particular. With a social constructionist framework, the book provides an empirically rich, multi-faceted, 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 foodâ€™s role in socialization, identity, work, health and social change, as well as food marketing and the changing global 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 be both accessible and revealing to beginning and intermediate students alike.
Country USA
Manufacturer Polity
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780745642819
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Polity
Binding	Hardcover
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780745642819
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Food and Society: Principles and Paradoxes

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