Food, morals and meaning : the pleasure and anxiety of eating / John Coveney.
"Based on the work of Michel Foucault, this original book explains how a rationalisation of food choice - so apparent in current programmes on nutrition and health - can be traced through a genealogy of historical social imperatives and moral panics. Food, Morals and Meaning is essential readin...
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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2006.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Summary: | "Based on the work of Michel Foucault, this original book explains how a rationalisation of food choice - so apparent in current programmes on nutrition and health - can be traced through a genealogy of historical social imperatives and moral panics. Food, Morals and Meaning is essential reading for those studying nutrition, public health, sociology of health and illness, and sociology of the body."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 188 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-180) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203967356 9780203967355 0415376203 9780415376204 0415376211 9780415376211 9781134184484 1134184484 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |