The Sociology of Food and Eating by Stephen Mennell

The Sociology of Food and Eating by Stephen Mennell

Provides understanding of the role of food in the contemporary world. The authors explore both the empirical questions raised by the relation of food to inequality, scarcity and famine, and the broader theoretical issue of food as a fundamental item of consumption and cultural symbol.

Anne Murcott is Professorial Research Associate, Food Studies Centre, Department of Anthropology, SOAS and Honorary Professor, School of Sociology & Social Policy, University of Nottingham, UK. Among her books is The Sociology of Food: Eating, Diet and Culture (with Stephen Mennell and Anneke van Otterloo). In 2009 she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Uppsala.

Warren Belasco is Professor Emeritus of American Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. He is the author of Appetite for Change: How the Counterculture Took on the Food Industry, Meals to Come: A History of the Future of Food, and Food: The Key Concepts. He has edited Food Nations: Selling Taste in Consumer Societies (with Philip Scranton), and Food Chains: From Farmyard to Shopping Cart (with Roger Horowitz).

Peter Jackson is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Sheffield, UK. He has edited several books including Changing Families, Changing Food and he is the lead author of Food Words: Essays in Culinary Culture.

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ISBN 13	9780803988385
ISBN 10	0803988389
Title	The Sociology of Food and Eating
Author	Stephen Mennell
Series	Special Issue Of "Current Sociology"
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sage Publications Ltd
Year published	1992-12-11
Number of pages	160
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