The Handbook of Food Research - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1474283438 ISBN 13: 9781474283434

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016

Synopsis

The last 20 years have seen a burgeoning of social scientific and historical research on food. The field has drawn in experts to investigate topics such as: the way globalisation affects the food supply; what cookery books can (and cannot) tell us; changing understandings of famine; the social meanings of meals - and many more. Now sufficiently extensive to require a critical overview, this is the first handbook of specially commissioned essays to provide a tour d'horizon of this broad range of topics and disciplines. The editors have enlisted eminent researchers across the social sciences to illustrate the debates, concepts and analytic approaches of this widely diverse and dynamic field.

This volume will be essential reading, a ready-to-hand reference book surveying the state of the art for anyone involved in, and actively concerned about research on the social, political, economic, psychological, geographic and historical aspects of food. It will cater for all who need to be informed of research that has been done and that is being done.

About this title

About the Author:

Anne Murcott is Professorial Research Associate, Food Studies Centre, SOAS University of London and Honorary Professor, University of Nottingham, UK.

Warren Belasco is Professor Emeritus of American Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA.

Peter Jackson is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Review:

The Handbook of Food Research covers the whole spectrum of research related to food production, distribution and consumption
LSE Review of Books

An ambitious and judicious compilation of reviews of international research on the diverse topics constituting the fragmented field of food studies, this book amasses the evidence and theory from many disciplines needed for a coherent and relevant understanding of current issues of provision, consumption and policy.
Alan Warde, Professor of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, UK.

This impressive compendium introduces readers to research in food history and sociology on diverse topics including food technologies, adulteration, marketing, and waste; nutrition, food security, and famine; farming, terroir, meals, and media; eating disorders, obesity, and food politics. It will be an invaluable resource for both beginning and established scholars seeking a comprehensive overview of foodways research.
Carole Counihan, Editor-in-Chief of 'Food and Foodways' and co-editor of 'Food and Culture: A Reader' and 'Taking Food Public: Redefining Foodways in a Changing World.'

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1474283438
• ISBN 13: 9781474283434
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 680
• Editor: Murcott Anne, Belasco Warren, Jackson Peter