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Food, politics, and society : social theory and the modern food system /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Colás, Alejandro (Author), Edwards, Jason, 1971 October 3- (Author), Levi, Jane (Author), Zubaida, Sami, 1937- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Food > Social aspects > History.
Food > Political aspects > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Agriculture & Food.
Food > Social aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : food, drink and modern social theory
  • The natural and the social : the agricultural revolution
  • Exchange : the Columbian Exchange and mercantile empires
  • Culture : ritual, prohibition and taboo
  • Industrialization : technology, rationality and urbanization
  • The public sphere : eating and drinking in public
  • The modern state : alcohol, alcoholism and biopolitics
  • Identity : nationalism, ethnicity and religion
  • Distinction : social difference, taste, and the civilizing process
  • Political economy : the global food system
  • The self : food choices and public health
  • Consumption : media, the domestic economy and celebrity chefs.