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Food, Politics, and Society: Social Theory and the Modern Food System

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By (author): Alejandro Colas Dr. Jason Edwards Jane Levi Sami Zubaida

Food and drink has been a focal point of modern social theory since the inception of agrarian capitalism and the industrial revolution. From Adam Smith to Mary Douglas, major thinkers have used key concepts such as identity, exchange, culture, and class to explain the modern food system. Food, Politics, and Society offers a historical and sociological survey of how these various ideas and the practices that accompany them have shaped our understanding and organization of the production, processing, preparation, serving, and consumption of food and drink in modern societies. Divided into twelve chapters and drawing on a wide range of historical and empirical illustrations, this book provides a concise, informed, and accessible survey of the interaction between social theory and food and drink. It is perfect for courses in a wide range of disciplines. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 499g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 16 Oct 2018
  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780520291942

About Alejandro ColasDr. Jason EdwardsJane LeviSami Zubaida

Alejandro Colás is a Reader in International Relations at Birkbeck College University of London and is Director of the postgraduate program on International Security and Global Governance. He is the author of Empire and International Civil Society.  Jason Edwards is a Lecturer in Politics at Birkbeck College University of London and is Program Director of the MSc in Social and Political Theory. He is the author of The Radical Attitude and Modern Political Theory and the editor of Retrieving the Big Society.  Jane Levi is a Visiting Research Fellow in History at Kings College London and is Kings Mount Vernon Fellow 201718. She has contributed to numerous scholarly volumes on food including the Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets and the Sage Encyclopedia of Food Issues.  Sami Zubaida is Emeritus Professor of Politics and Sociology at Birkbeck College University of London and is a Fellow of Birkbeck College Research Associate of the London Middle East Institute and Professorial Research Associate of the Food Studies Centre at SOAS. His books include Islam the People and the State: Political Ideas and Movements in the Middle East and A Taste of Thyme: Culinary Cultures of the Middle East.  

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