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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154344403321

Autore

Warde Alan

Titolo

The practice of eating / / Alan Warde

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Polity, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-7456-9174-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Disciplina

306.4613

Soggetti

Food habits - Social aspects

Food consumption - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; 1: Introduction; Eating as a Topic of Interest; The Objectives of the Book; The Structure of the Book; Note; 2: Towards a Sociological Theory of Eating; Disciplines, Food and Eating; The Pursuit of Theory; Mining Older Traditions and Recent Research for Alternative Framings; Developments After the Cultural Turn; Notes; 3: Elements of a Theory of Practice; Introduction: Elements of Theories of Practice; Rediscovering Praxis in the 1970s; From Praxis to Practices; Applications; Conclusion; Notes; 4: Elementary Forms of Eating

Constructing Eating as a Scientific ObjectSome Sociological Approaches to Eating; Elementary Concepts; Elementary Forms and Performances: An Example; Conclusion; Notes; 5: Organizing Eating; Disorderly Eating?; Practices and Instruction; Intermediation of a Compound Practice; Coordination and Regulation; Conclusion; Notes; 6: Habituation; Preamble; Mindlessness and Automaticity: A Critique of Deliberation; Habit and Habituation?; Environment and Habits; Environment, Habits and Obesity: An Illustrative Case Study; Conclusion; Notes; 7: Repetition and the Foundations of Competence; Preamble

Practical Sense: Experience and the Command of ProceduresRoutine, Custom and Convention: Some Concepts Governing Repetition;



Transmission of Competence; Situations and Response to Environment: How are Skilled Procedures Triggered?; Learning New Tastes: The Case of Exotica; Reflection and Personal Projects; Conclusion: Repetition in Practice; Notes; 8: Conclusions: Practice Theory and Eating Out; The Promise of a Theory of Practice; An Application: Eating Out; Finally; Notes; References; Index; End User License Agreement