Food in Society Food in Society

Food in Society

Economy, Culture, Geography

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Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
Science & Nature
RELEASED
2016
April 29
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
344
Pages
PUBLISHER
Taylor & Francis
SELLER
Taylor & Francis Group
SIZE
9.9
MB

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