| Description |
1 online resource (119 pages) |
| Series |
Shortcuts |
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Shortcuts
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Series editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Food as ... humanness; Introduction; The dietetics; Food, body and soul; Food and the humors; What is good to eat?; How do we understand food choice?; Closing remarks about food as humanness; Further reading; 2. Food as ... identity; Introduction; How food makes us; Food makes us what we are; Thinness and fatness; Food in the life cycle; Food, identity and self-identity; Food and health identity; Food and social identity; Eating properly as identity |
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Closing remarks about food and identityFurther reading; 3. Food as ... politics; Introduction; Micro-politics of food; Food, families and children; Cooking as politics; Food politics and national security; Food politics in the community; Farmers' markets; Food, place and politics; Closing remarks about food as politics; Further reading; 4. Food as ... industry; Introduction; Food producers and consumers; Big Food; The dimensions of Big Food; The big players in Big Food; Big Food and health; Food as industry ... what does it tell us?; Closing remarks on food as industry; Further reading |
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5. Food as ... regulationIntroduction; Regulation and the need for safe food; Regulation and culture; The rise in self-regulation; Regulating affluence; Restraint in a modern context; Re-establishing food and regulation; Better food regulation -- but how far does the public want government to go?; Closing remarks on food and regulation; Further reading; 6. Food as ... the environment; Introduction; Humans, food and the environment; Population growth, food and the environment; The shortage of oil and the food supply; Industrialised environments and food; The food supply and climate change |
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Food and the ocean environmentPublic reaction to food and the environment; Closing remarks about food as environment; Further reading; 7. Food as ... justice; Introduction; Food justice, a short political history; Rights-based approaches to food justice; Food justice and human disaster; Food justice and food technology; Food justice and trade; Food justice and food quality; Re-establishing food justice; Food justice and food sovereignty; Closing remarks on food as justice; Further reading; References; Index |
| Summary |
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 recent years, interest in food has increased across the academic, public and popular spheres, fuelled by popular media's constant play on the role of food and body size, and food and cooking, as a mass spectacle for TV audiences. In Food, a new book part of the Shortcuts Series, John Coveney examines 'food as ... ' humanness |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Food -- Social aspects
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Food in popular culture.
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Food habits.
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Food preferences.
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Feeding Behavior
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Food Preferences
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Food habits
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Food in popular culture
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Food preferences
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Food -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134083794 |
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1134083793 |
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