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The sociology of food : eating, diet, and culture
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- Creator
- Stephen Mennell, Anne Murcott, Anneke H. van Otterloo
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- Books
- Languages
- English, French
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- Publication
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- London, England ; Newbury Park, California ; New Delhi, India : Sage Publications, c1992
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- vii, 152 pages ; 23 cm
- OCLC
- ocn881501464
- Also published as a book.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [120]-146)
- 1. Introduction: Significance and Theoretical Orientations. Food among the Sociological Classics. Theoretical Approaches to the Sociology of Food and Eating -- 2. The Development of Culinary Cultures -- 3. Ethnological Food Research. Ethnological Contributions. Histoire des mentalites. Anthropological Approaches -- 4. Nutritional Trends. The Development of Nutritional Science and Cognate Disciplines. Research on Food Consumption and Eating Habits. Trends in Nutritional Policies -- 5. Beliefs and Practices About Food and Health: The Lay Perspective -- 6. Eating Disorders. The Long-term Civilising of Appetite? Why Women? -- 7. Patterns of Food Consumption. Class. Sex. Age -- 8. Shortage and Plenty. From Shortage to Plenty in Past and Present. Fasting and Feasting. Food and Social Inequality: Old and New Deprivation, in Contemporary Western Countries -- 9. Food Technology and Its Impact. Industrialisation of Agricultural and Artisan Food Production. Distribution. Preparation and Consumption. Recent Developments in Food Technology. Implications for Contemporary Consumers and Consumption -- 10. The Impact on Food of Colonialism and Migration. Travelling Foodstuffs and Early Colonial Eating Habits. Industrialisation and Empire-building. The Rise of Immigrant Cuisines -- 11. The Public Sphere: Professional Cooks and Eating Outside the Home. Gastronomes and Gastronomy. Cooking and Waiting Professionals -- 12. Domestic Cookery, Home Economics, and Girls' Education -- 13. Food in the Division of Labour at Home -- 14. Food in Total Institutions -- 15. Conclusion: Commensality and Society. Bibliography. Résumé