Publisher's Synopsis
"The Sociology of Food and Eating" provides understanding of the role of food in the contemporary world and demonstrates why the subject has emerged as a significant area of sociological research.;Drawing on interdisciplinary sources, 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. Topics examined include: the relation of food to nutrition and health, and the growth of eating disorders in contemporary societies; inequalities of consumption by class, gender, age and nation; the relation of food to the definition of private and public spheres; historical and anthropological perspectives on culinary cultures; the impact of food on colonialism and migration; changing technologies of food production and their social consequences.;"The Sociology of Food and Eating" is also published as a special issue of "Current Sociology" (Volume 40, Issue 2).
