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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451936903321

Autore

Lupton Deborah

Titolo

Food, the body and the self [[electronic resource] /] / Deborah Lupton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 1996

ISBN

0-8039-7647-X

1-283-88133-0

1-4462-6415-7

1-4462-3169-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Disciplina

391.1

Soggetti

Food habits

Food - Social aspects

Food - Psychological 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 (p.[161]-169) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Theoretical Perspectives on Food and Eating; Chapter 2 - Food, the Family and Childhood; Chapter 3 - Food, Health and Nature; Chapter 4 - Tastes and Distastes; Chapter 5 - The Asceticism/Consumption Dialectic; Conclusion; Appendix: Details of Research Strategies and Participants; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a wide-ranging and thought-provoking analysis of the sociocultural and personal meanings of food and eating. The author explores the relationship between food and embodiment childhood and family & the social construction of food & eating.