How We Eat Appetite, Culture, and the Psychology of Food

Name: How We Eat Appetite, Culture, and the Psychology of Food
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ISBN: 9781550225631

ISBN-10: 1550225634

ISBN-13: 9781550225631

Edition: 2003

Authors: Leon Rappoport

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Tracing culinary customs from the Stone Age to the stovetop range, from the raw to the nuked, this book elucidates the factors and myths shaping Americans' eating habits. The diversity of food habits and rituals is considered from a psychological perspective. Explored are questions such as Why does the working class prefer sweet drinks over bitter? Why do the affluent tend to roast their potatoes? and What is so comforting about macaroni and cheese anyway? The many contradictions of Americans' relationships with food are identified: food is both a primal source of sensual pleasure and a major cultural anxiety; Americans adore celebrity chefs, but no one cooks at home anymore; the gourmet…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: ECW Press
Publication date: 4/16/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 175
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.57" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: A Half-Baked Notion



From Myths to MacAttacks



You Are What You Eat



Feeding Frenzies



The McDonaldization of Taste



From the Raw to the Cooked to the Haute Cuisine



Champagne Slippers, the Twinkie Defense, and He-Man Diets



The Road to Wellville



Concluding Reflections


Sources


Index