Introducing the Sociology of Food and Eating Murcott Anne SOAS University of London UKPaperback / softback
Introducing the Sociology of Food and Eating Murcott Anne SOAS University of London UKPaperback / softback Food is a fundamental requirement of life: searching for something to eat necessarily…
Specifikacia Introducing the Sociology of Food and Eating Murcott Anne SOAS University of London UKPaperback / softback
Introducing the Sociology of Food and Eating Murcott Anne SOAS University of London UKPaperback / softback
Food is a fundamental requirement of life: searching for something to eat necessarily remains a basic human preoccupation. A thoroughgoing introduction to the sociology of food, the book also acts as a primer to the discipline of sociology more generally.Chapters start with a 'common sense' assumption about food which students frequently encounter in their own lives or in the mass media. This textbook equips students with the ability to analyze and think critically about contemporary food issues.
Key sociological concerns such as class, gender, age, ethnicity, power and identity are also Topics include family meals, ethnic cuisines, cooking skills and convenience foods, eating out, food waste, and 'overpackaging'.The author then shows how systematic sociological approaches can allow students to move beyond 'conventional wisdoms' to examine academic perspectives on food.