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The sociology of food : eating, diet and culture /

Main Author: Mennell, Stephen
Corporate Author: International Sociological Association
Other Authors: Murcott, Anne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Newbury Park, CΑ: Sage Publications, 1992
Subjects:
Διατροφικές συνήθειες
Τροφή > Κοινωνικές απόψεις
Διατροφή > Κοινωνικές απόψεις
Food habits
Food > Social aspects
Nutrition > Social aspects
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • About the authors
  • The sociology of food: Eating diet and culture
  • 1. Introduction: Significance and theoretical orientations
  • 2. The development of culinary cultures
  • 3. Ethnological food research
  • 4. Nutritional trends
  • 5. Beliefs practices about food and health: The lay perspective
  • 6. Eating disorders
  • 7. Patterns of food consumption
  • 8. Shortage and plenty
  • 9. Food technology and its impact
  • 10. The impact on food of colonialism and migration
  • 11. The public sphere: Professional cooks and eating outside the home
  • 12. Domestic cookery, home economics and girlsʹ education
  • 13. Food in the division of labour at home
  • 14. Food in total institutions
  • 15. Conclusions: Commensality and society
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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