TY - BOOK AU - Coveney,John TI - Food T2 - Shortcuts SN - 9780415524452 (hbk.) : U1 - 641.3 23 PY - 2013/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Food KW - Social aspects KW - Food in popular culture KW - Food habits KW - Food preferences KW - Food and Drink KW - eflch KW - ukslc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - The centrality of food in life, and the importance of food as life, is undeniable. As a source of biological substrates, personal pleasure and political power, food is and has been an enduring requirement of human biological, social and cultural existence. In 'Food', Coveney examines 'food as.' humanness, identity, politics, industry, regulation, the environment and justice. He explores how food helps us understand what it means to be human ER -