The agency of eating : mediation, food and the body / Emma-Jayne Abbots.
The agency of eating : mediation, food and the body / Emma-Jayne Abbots.
The agency of eating : mediation, food and the body / Emma-Jayne Abbots.
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London : Bloomsbury, 2017.
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G 2018/4302
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English
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Physical content
ix, 180 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Acknowledgements -- Introducing the agency of eating -- Eating bodies and bodies of eating: theoretical foundations -- Eating at home: kinned, shared and acquired bodies -- Eating away from home: displaced and (re)rooted bodies -- Eating heritage foods: proximate and distanced bodies -- Eating "glob...
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Publisher
London : Bloomsbury, 2017.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
Deciding what to eat and how to eat it are two of the most basic acts of everyday life. yet every choice also implies a value judgment: "good" foods versus "bad," "proper" and "improper" ways of eating, and "healthy" and "unhealthy" bodies. These food decisions are influenced by a range of social, political and economic bioauthorities, and mediated...
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The agency of eating : mediation, food and the body / Emma-Jayne Abbots.
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Contemporary food studies: economy, culture and politics
Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-175) and index.
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G 2018/4302
Record Identifier
74VKVkqoyD3g
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVkqoyD3g
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ISBN
1472598547
1472598539
9781472598530
9781472598547
DDC
394.12
MMS ID
991024179907702626
