Beschreibung:
Who can deny the significance of food? It has a central role in our health and pleasure as well as in our economy, politics and culture
Part 1 Hors D'oeuvre - A background to food studies Part 2 The Political Economy of FoodIntroductionFood regimes as an organizing conceptGlobalisation and food networksTransformation of the farm sectorFood processing and manufacturingFood marketing and the consumer Part 3 Global and Geopolitical Food IssuesIntroductionFood production and populationMalnutrition, hunger and famineFood surplusesFood securityFood, world trade and geopolitics Part 4 A Political Ecology of FoodIntroductionEnvironmental contextFood qualityFood and healthFrom the Green Revolution to the Gene RevolutionFood ethics, food policies and civil society Part 5 Food Consumption SpacesIntroductionFactors in consumptionThe origins of tasteFood habits, beliefs and taboosFood, gender and domestic spaces Part 6 ConclusionFood studies resources.