Eating Anxiety [[electronic resource] ] : The Perils of Food Politics

• Autore: Lavin Chad
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.1; 338.1/9
• Soggetto topico: Diet -- Political aspects -- United States; Food industry and trade -- Political aspects -- United States; Diet - Political aspects - United States; Food industry and trade - Political aspects - United States; Health & Biological Sciences; Diet & Clinical Nutrition
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: EATING ANXIETY: The Perils of Food Politics; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: Food Politics in the Twilight of Sovereignty; CHAPTER 1: DIET AND AMERICAN IDEOLOGY; CHAPTER 2: EATING ALONE; CHAPTER 3: THE DIGESTIVE TURN IN POLITICAL THOUGHT; CHAPTER 4: RESPONSIBILITY AND DISEASE IN OBESITY POLITICS; CHAPTER 5: THE YEAR OF EATING POLITICALLY; CHAPTER 6: THE MEAT WE DON'T EAT; CONCLUSION: Democracy and Disgust; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: Debates about obesity are really about the meaning of responsibility. The trend toward local foods reflects the changing nature of space due to new communication technologies. Vegetarian theory capitalizes on biotechnology's challenge to the meaning of species. And food politics, as this book makes powerfully clear, is actually about the political anxieties surrounding globalization. In Eating Anxiety, Chad Lavin argues that our culture's obsession with diet, obesity, meat, and local foods enacts ideological and biopolitical responses to perceived threats to both
• Titolo autorizzato: Eating Anxiety
• ISBN: 1-4529-3927-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463078303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II