| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 278 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction : food, drink and modern social theory -- The natural and the social : the agricultural revolution -- Exchange : the Columbian Exchange and mercantile empires -- Culture : ritual, prohibition and taboo -- Industrialization : technology, rationality and urbanization -- The public sphere : eating and drinking in public -- The modern state : alcohol, alcoholism and biopolitics -- Identity : nationalism, ethnicity and religion -- Distinction : social difference, taste, and the civilizing process -- Political economy : the global food system -- The self : food choices and public health -- Consumption : media, the domestic economy and celebrity chefs |
| Summary |
"Food and drink has been a focal point of modern social theory since the inception of agrarian capitalism and the industrial revolution. From Adam Smith to Mary Douglas, major thinkers have used key concepts like identity, exchange, culture, and class to explain the modern food system. Food, Politics, and Society offers a historical and sociological survey of how these various ideas, and the practices that accompany them, have shaped our understanding and organization of the production, processing, preparation, serving, and consumption of food and drink in modern societies. Divided into twelve chapters and drawing on a wide range of historical and empirical illustrations, this book provides a concise, informed, and accessible survey of the interaction between social theory and food and drink. It is perfect for courses in a wide range of disciplines"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 8, 2022) |
| Subject |
Food -- Social aspects -- History
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Food -- Political aspects -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Agriculture & Food.
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Food -- Social aspects
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Edwards, Jason, 1971 October 3- author.
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Levi, Jane, author.
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Zubaida, Sami, 1937- author.
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| LC no. |
2018012663 |
| ISBN |
9780520965522 |
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0520965523 |
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