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Food in Society: Economy, Culture, Geography

Food in Society: Economy, Culture, Geography

Bowler, Ian
Atkins, Peter

Paperback

Business GeneralGeneral SociologyGeography

ISBN10: 0340720042
ISBN13: 9780340720042
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 29 2000
Pages: 342
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.76 Width: 6.16 Depth: 9.26
Language: English
Who can deny the significance of food? It has a central role in our health and pleasure as well as in our economy, politics and culture. Food in Society provides a social science perspective on food systems and demonstrates the rich variety of disciplinary and theoretical contexts of food studies.



While hunger and malnutrition remain a reality in many countries, for some food has become an experience rather than a sustenance. This book addresses the different worldwide understandings of food through thematic chapters and a wide range of material including: description of the political economy of the food chain, from production to the point of sale; analysis of global issues of supply and demand; critical debate of environmental and health aspects of food, including GM food, the role of habits, taboos, age and gender in food consumption.



Each chapter contains a guide to further reading and to websites of relevance to food. Extensively illustrated, this book is essential reading for students of food studies in the social sciences and humanities.

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