| Title | : | Food in Society |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Peter Atkins & Ian Bowler |
| Release | : | 2016-04-29 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Geography, Books, Science & Nature, Nonfiction, Social Science, Earth Sciences |
| Size | : | 9899318 |
| Who can deny the significance of food? It has a central role in our health and pleasure as well as in our economy, politics and culture. Food in Society provides a social science perspective on food systems and demonstrates the rich variety of disciplinary and theoretical contexts of food studies. While hunger and malnutrition remain a reality in many countries, for some food has become an experience rather than a sustenance. This book addresses the different worldwide understandings of food through thematic chapters and a wide range of material including: description of the political economy of the food chain, from production to the point of sale; analysis of global issues of supply and demand; critical debate of environmental and health aspects of food, including GM food, the role of habits, taboos, age and gender in food consumption. Each chapter contains a guide to further reading and to websites of relevance to food. Extensively illustrated, this book is essential reading for students of food studies in the social sciences and humanities. |
