| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Descript |
xxii, 462 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. An appetiser. 1. Introducing the social appetite: towards a sociology of food and nutrition / John Germov and Lauren Williams -- pt. 2. The food system: globalisation, McDonaldisation, and agribusiness. 2. World hunger / William C. Whit -- 3. Food, sociology, and the environment / Terry Leahy -- 4. Agribusiness, biotechnology, and food / Geoffrey Lawrence and Janet Grice -- 5. Adding vaule(s): a cultural economy analysis of supermarket power / Jane Dixon -- pt. 3. Food and public health nutrition: discourses, politics and policies. 6. Future food: the politics of functional foods and health claims / Mark Lawrence and John Germov -- 7. Setting the menu: dietary guidelines, corporate interests, and nutrition policy / John Duff -- 8. The public health nutrition workforce: a sociological review / Roger Hughes -- 9. Risk, maternal ideologies, and infant feeding / Elizabeth Murphy -- 10. The government of the table: nutrition expertise and the social organisation of family food habits / John Coveney -- pt. 4. Food and social differentiation: consumption and identity. 11. Food and class / Pat Crotty and John Germov -- 12. Humans, food, and other animals: the vegetarian option / Deidre Wicks -- 13. Culture, food, and nutrition in increasingly culturally diverse societies / Joanne P. Ikeda -- 14. Food and ageing / Wm. Alex McIntosh and Karen S. Kubena -- pt. 5. Food and the body: civilising processes and social embodiment. 15. The thin ideal: women, food, and dieting / Lauren Williams and John Germov -- 16. The social construction of eating disorders / Julie Hepworth -- 17. Sociological analysis of the stigmatisation of obesity / Jeffery Sobal -- 18. Body acceptance: exploring women's experiences / Lauren Williams and John Germov -- Appendix. Key web sites, books, and journals. |
| Subject |
Food habits -- Social aspects.
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Food -- Social aspects.
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Nutrition -- Social aspects.
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| Alt Author |
Germov, John.
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Williams, Lauren.
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| Alt Title |
Sociology of food and nutrition |
| ISBN |
0195516257 |
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