Synopses & Reviews
A Sociology of Food and Nutrition: The Social Appetite, 3rd Edition introduces readers to the field of food sociology, by comprehensively examining the social context of food and nutrition. Leading Australian and international authors in the field provide a contemporary analysis of the social factors that underlie food choice, exploring the socio-cultural, political, economic and philosophical factors that influence food production, distribution and consumption.
Highlights of the third edition:
·Revised and updated chapters from experts in the field of food sociology.
·Two new chapters from leading international authors covering the politics of food and the and the culinary cultures of Europe.
·Strong learning features: each chapter includes and overview, key terms, summary of main points, discussion questions and further reading list.
·Sociological reflection exercises: new to this edition, these can be used as self-directed or class-based activities that assist readers to apply their learning.
·Extensive glossary of key concepts.
·An expanded Social Appetite website featuring a range of online instructor resources.
Synopsis
This unique book introduces the reader to the growing field of food sociology. This second edition expands on the successful format of the first with new chapters, updated material, and new pedagogic features. Like its predecessor, it is brings together many of the key authors in the field and focuses on topics that dominate the literature, as well as providing a teaching tool on the social aspects of food and nutrition.
Table of Contents
Foreword, Stephen Mennell
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Part 1 An Appetiser
1. Introducing the Social Appetite: Towards a Sociology of Food and Nutrition, John Germov and Lauren Williams
Part 2 The Food System: Globalisation, McDonaldisation, and Agribusiness
2. World Hunger, William C. Whit
3. Food, Society, and the Environment, Terry Leahy
4. Agribusiness, Biotechnology, and Food
5. Adding Value(s): A Cultural Economy Analysis of Supermarket Power, Jane Dixon
Part 3 Food and Public Health Nutrition: Discourses, Politics, and Policies
6. Future Food: The Politics of Functional Foods and Health Claims, Mark Lawrence and John Germov
7. Setting the Menu: Dietary Guidelines, Corporate Interests, and Nutrition Policy, John Duff
8. The Public Health Nutrition Workforce: A Sociological Review, Roger Hughes
9. Risk, Maternal Ideologies, and Infant Feeding, Elizabeth Murphy
10. The Government of the Table: Nutrition Expertise and the Social Organisation of Family Food Habits, John Coveney
Part 4 Food and Social Differentiation: Consumption and Identity
11. Food and Class, Pat Crotty and John Germanov
12. Humans, Food, and Other Animals: The Vegetarian Option, Deidre Wicks
13 Culture, Food, and Nutrition in Increasingly Culturally Diverse Societies. Joanne P. Ikeda
14. Food and Ageing, Wm. Alex McIntosh and Karen S. Kubena
Part 5 Food and the Body: Civilising Processes and Social Embodiment
15. The Thin Ideal: Women, Food, and Dieting, Lauren Williams and John Germov
16 The Social Construction of Eating Disorders. Julie Hepworth
17 Sociological Analysis of the Stigmatisation of Obesity. Jeffrey Sobol
18 Body Acceptance: Exploring Women's Experiences. Lauren Williams and John Germov
Glossary
Appendix: Key Web Sites, Books, and Journals
Index