| Description |
vii, 150 pages ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Current sociology = La Sociologie contemporaine, 0011-3921 ; v. 40, no. 2 |
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Current sociology (Paris, France) ; v. 40, no. 2
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| Contents |
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 Professions -- 12. Domestic Cookery, Home Economics, and Girls' Education. Cookery Classes and Schools of Home Economics. Contemporary Women's Role in the Kitchen and Family. Democratisation and the Influence of Economics, and Domestic Technology. Industrial Food and Eating Out: Consequences for Domestic Cookery -- 13. Food in the Division of Labour at Home. Intra-household Food Allocation. The Choice of Food at Home -- 14. Food in Total Institutions -- 15. Conclusion: Commensality and Society |
| Analysis |
Food Sociology |
| Notes |
"Published in association with the International Sociological Association"--Cover, p. 4 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [120]-146) and index |
| Subject |
Diet -- Social aspects.
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Diet.
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Food habits -- South America -- Case studies.
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Food habits.
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Food -- Social aspects.
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Nutrition -- Social aspects.
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Culture.
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Food.
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Sociology.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
Murcott, Anne.
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Otterloo, Anneke H. van.
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International Sociological Association.
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| LC no. |
92050680 |
| ISBN |
0803988389 (paperback) |
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0803988397 |
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