TY  - BOOK
AU  - Guptill,Amy Elizabeth
AU  - Copelton,Denise A.
AU  - Lucal,Betsy
TI  - Food & society: principles and paradoxes 
SN  - 9780745676319 (ebook)
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Polity
KW  - Food
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Food habits
KW  - Food and Drink
KW  - ukslc
KW  - lcsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Also available in printed form ISBN 9780745642826; Electronic reproduction; Askews and Holts; Mode of access: World Wide Web
N2  - This timely and engaging text offers students a social perspective on food, food practices, and the modern food system. It engages readers' curiosity by highlighting several paradoxes: how food is both mundane and sacred, reveals both distinction and conformity, and, in the contemporary global era, comes from everywhere but nowhere in particular; This timely and engaging text offers students a social perspective on food, food practices, and the modern food system. It engages readers curiosity by highlighting several paradoxes: how food is both mundane and sacred, reveals both distinction and conformity, and, in the contemporary global era, comes from everywhere but nowhere in particular. With a social constructionist framework, the book provides an empirically rich, multi-faceted, and coherent introduction to this fascinating field. Each chapter begins with a vivid case study, proceeds through a rich discussion of research insights, and ends with discussion questions and suggested resources. Chapter topics include food s role in socialization, identity, work, health and social change, as well as food marketing and the changing global food system. In synthesizing insights from diverse fields of social inquiry, the book addresses issues of culture, structure, and social inequality throughout. Written in a lively style, this book will be both accessible and revealing to beginning and intermediate students alike
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