| Description |
xix, 235 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- Pt. 1. Focus on Theory -- 2. Non-Biological Perspectives -- 3. Hunger, Flavour, Digestion and Kitchen Chemistry -- 4. Eating Disorders: The Feminist, Control and Biomedical Discourses -- Pt. 2. Post-Positivist Research Reports -- 5. Dinner Party (Agentic Participant Observation Case Study) -- 6. Eating Out in a Small Way (Idiographic Observation) -- 7. Food Discourse (Magazines and Cook Books) -- 8. Conclusion -- App 1. Recipe for Potage au Potiron (Pumpkin Soup) (Grigson, 1980) -- App 2. Recipe for Gorgonzola Cheese and Apple Strudel with Spiced Pickled Pears (D. Smith, 1995) -- App 3. Recipes for Chocolate Chestnut Pave and Chantilly Cream (Willan, 1989) -- App 4. Costings for Dinner Party |
| Summary |
"The Psychology of Food and Eating provides more than a d̀ry' decontextualised physiological explanation of food and eating. It moves on to enable students to see food in its wider context in terms of everyday life and real routines. It provides an overview of social scientific approaches to the study of food (bio-social, socio-anthropological, structural, feminist/psychodynamic) and an appreciation of the various ways that social psychological perspectives can be applied to real-life contexts. John L. Smith is Reader in Social Psychology at the University of Sunderland, where he has taught since completing his doctoral research with the Medical Research Council at its Social and Applied Psychology Unit at the University of Sheffield."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-229) and indexes |
| Subject |
Food -- Psychological aspects.
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| LC no. |
2001045146 |
| ISBN |
0333800214 paperback |
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