Introducing the Sociology of Food and Eating. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anne Murcott.
• Authors: Murcott, Anne
• Contents: Preface Acknowledgements1. Introduction: Sociology, Food and Eating2. Food at Home: 'The Family Meal in Decline?' 3. Food in Public: 'We are all Eating Out Nowadays' 4. Food in Institutions: 'Why are Hospital Meals Inadequate, School Lunches Meagre and Prison Diets Unappetizing?' 5. Food Preparation Competence: 'Cooking Skills are Being LostBecause People Rely on Convenience Foods' 6. Food Packaging: 'The Problem is that Food is OverPackaged' 7. Food and Ethnicity, Authenticity and Identity: 'Ethnic Foods areEverywhere' 8. Food, Nutrition and Hygiene: 'Why don't People Just FollowProfessional Advice?' 9. Food Waste: 'How does so much Perfectly Edible Food GetThrown Away?' 10. Food Poverty: 'Poor People should Eat Porridge not CocoaPops, it's Far Cheaper' 11. Food and Power: Politics, the Food System and 'Consumer Choice' 12. Conclusion: Sociology, Food and Eating Notes References Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (240 pages)
• Subjects: Sociology; Social Science -- Agriculture & Food; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Food & society
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350022041; 1350022047
• Related ISBNs: 9781350022010
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