Ulla (Hrsg.) Gustafsson

What is Food?

Researching a Topic with Many Meanings

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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 socia… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: O'Connell, Rebecca (Hrsg.) / Draper, Alizon (Hrsg.) / Tonner, Andrea (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-429-75996-3
EAN: 9780429759963
Produktnummer: 33095720
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 204 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 3'646 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Abbildungen: 12 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 6 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 6 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 7 schwarz-weiße Tabellen

Über den Autor

Ulla Gustafsson is Principal Lecturer in Sociology in Department of Sociology, University of Roehampton. She has published work on school meals in the UK, and her research interests include young people's food practices.Rebecca O'Connell is Reader in the Sociology of Food and Families, Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education. She is co-author, with Julia Brannen, of Food, Families, and Work (2016) and Principal Investigator of the European Research Council-funded study Families and Food in Hard Times.Alizon Draper is Reader in Food and Public Health at the University of Westminster. She has a background in both social anthropology and human nutrition and has been involved in extensive research in the UK and internationally on many topics relating to food and nutrition. Andrea Tonner is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Marketing at the University of Strathclyde and Co-Convenor of the BSA Food Studies Group. Her research considers food marketplaces and how consumers negotiate food consumption for health and well-being.