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Consuming Geographies: We Are Where We Eat


Consuming Geographies: We Are Where We Eat

Paperback by Bell, David (University of Leeds, UK); Valentine, Gill

Consuming Geographies: We Are Where We Eat

£47.99

ISBN:
9780415137683
Publication Date:
29 May 1997
Language:
English
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:
Routledge
Pages:
246 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 15 - 20 May 2024
Consuming Geographies: We Are Where We Eat

Description

Food occupies a seemingly mundane position in all our lives, yet the ways we think about shopping, cooking and eating are actually intensely reflexive. The daily pick and mix of our eating habits is one way we experience spatial scale. From the relationship of our food intake to our body-shape, to the impact of our tastes upon global food-production regimes, we all read food consumption as a practice which impacts on our sense of place. Drawing on anthropological, sociological and cultural readings of food consumption, as well as empirical material on shopping, cooking, food technology and the food media, this book demonstrates the importance of space and place in identity formation. We all think place (and) identity through food - we are where we eat!

Contents

1. Introduction 2. Body 3. Home 4. Community 5. City 6. Region 7. Nation 8. Global

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