Food, morals and meaning : the pleasure and anxiety of eating /

Coveney, John.

Food, morals and meaning : the pleasure and anxiety of eating / John Coveney. - 2nd edition. - London : Routledge, 2006. - xviii, 224 p. ; 24 cm.

Previous ed.: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-180) and index.

Foucault, discourse, power and the subject The governmentality of modern nutrition The Greeks to the Christians : from ethics to guilt Religion and reason : the emergence of a discourse on nutrition Paupers, prisoners and moral panics : refining the meaning of nutrition The nutritional policing of families Nutrition landscapes in late modernity Nutrition homescapes in late modernity An ethnography of family food : subjects of food choice The governmentality of girth.

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Nutrition--Moral and ethical aspects.
Food--Moral and ethical aspects.
Nutrition--Social aspects.
Food--Social aspects.
Gastronomy.
Food habits--Moral and ethical aspects.
Food preferences.

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