ABSTRACT
This volume brings together contributions that provide a snapshot of current food research. What is Food? acknowledges the many dimensions of food, including its social, cultural, symbolic and sensual qualities, while also being material in that it is fundamental to our survival.
The collection addresses contemporary challenges and reflects the concerns of funders and researchers working in the broad field of the sociology of food: dietary health, sustainability, food safety and food poverty. Reflecting broader academic trends, the chapters are moreover concerned with interdisciplinarity, the analysis of change, data reuse and the use of social media as data. The book includes empirical evidence from around the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland and Taiwan and addresses food both as a lens through which to examine these wider social relationships, processes and social change and as a primary subject.
The contributions will be of interest to a wide range of students and researchers looking for a cutting-edge insight into how to frame and study food in areas related to the sociology of food, health, risk, poverty, sustainability and research methods.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|79 pages
Studying food
chapter Chapter 1|21 pages
Revisiting ‘Eating Out’
chapter Chapter 2|19 pages
Food poverty in context
chapter Chapter 3|21 pages
From practices to volumes, from meaning to nutrients
chapter Chapter 4|16 pages
Traditional or cultural relativist school meals?
part II|97 pages
Changes and challenges