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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300617403321

Autore

Schorsch Jonathan

Titolo

The Food Movement, Culture, and Religion : A Tale of Pigs, Christians, Jews, and Politics / / by Jonathan Schorsch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9783319717067

3319717065

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Palgrave pivot

Disciplina

296.38

Soggetti

Judaism and culture

Sustainability

Climatology

Jewish Cultural Studies

Climate Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Jews, Christians and Pigs: A Brief History -- 3. Jewish Foodies on Judaism -- 4. Pollan on Culture and Religion -- 5. Cosmological Cultures as Forms of Resistance -- 6. Back to Those Pesky Dietary Laws -- 7. Omnivory as a Universal Ideal -- 8. When Eco-Kosher Pigs Fly -- 9. Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the cultural and religious politics of the contemporary food movement, starting from the example of Jewish foodies, their zeal for pig (forbidden by Jewish law), and their talk about why ignoring traditional precepts around food is desirable. Focusing on the work of Michael Pollan, Jonathan Schorsch questions the modernist, materialist, and rationalist worldview of many foodies and discusses their lack of attention to culture, tradition, and religion. .