Sociology of Food and Nutrition The Social Appetite

Name: Sociology of Food and Nutrition The Social Appetite
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ISBN: 9780195551501

ISBN-10: 0195551508

ISBN-13: 9780195551501

Edition: 3rd 2008 (Revised)

Authors: John Germov, Lauren Williams

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The authors introduce readers to the field of food sociology. The text is designed to be used as both a general reader, bringing together many of the key authors in the field and focusing on topics that dominate the literature, as well as a teaching text on the social aspects of food and nutrition.

Book details

List price: $77.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand
Publication date: 8/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 444
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

John Germov is a professor of sociology and is the coauthor of Get Great Information Fast.



Preface


Acknowledgments


Contributors


Acronyms and Abbreviations



An Appetiser



Exploring the Social Appetite: A Sociology of Food and Nutrition




The Food System: Globalisation and Agribusiness



World Hunger: Its Roots and Remedies




Unsustainable Food Production: Its Social Origins and Alternatives




Agribusiness, Genetic Engineering and the Corporatisation of Food




Operating Upstream and Downstream: How Supermarkets Exercise Power in the Food System




Food and Nutrition Discourses, Politics and Policies



The Politics of Government Dietary Advice




Functional Foods and Public Health Nutrition Policy




The Public Health Nutrition Workforce: A Sociological Review




Risk, Maternal Ideologies and Infant Feeding




The Government of the Table: Nutrition Expertise and the Social Organisation of Family Food Habits




Food Consumption, Social Differentiation and Identity



Culinary Cultures of Europe: Food, History, Health and Identity




Food, Class and Identity




Humans, Food and Other Animals: The Vegetarian Option




Food and Ageing




Food and the Body: Civilising Processes and Social Embodiment



Constructing the Female Body: Dieting, the Thin Ideal and Body Acceptance




The Social Construction of Eating Disorders




Sociological Analysis of the Stigmatisation of Obesity



Glossary


Index