Food and everyday life / edited by Thomas M. Conroy.

This book is a qualitative/interpretive/phenomenological, and interdisciplinary, examination of food and food practices and their meanings in the modern world. Each chapter thematically focuses upon a particular food practice and on some key details of the examined practice, or on the practice'...

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Main Author: Conroy, Thomas M., 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rowman and Littlefield, [2014]
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Summary:This book is a qualitative/interpretive/phenomenological, and interdisciplinary, examination of food and food practices and their meanings in the modern world. Each chapter thematically focuses upon a particular food practice and on some key details of the examined practice, or on the practice's social and cultural impact. The book's scope is global, ranging from food production, marketing and consumption practices and trends in the United States to those of other countries.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 282 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780739173114
0739173111
Language:English.
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