Food

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 Food as … Identity
	Introduction
	How Food Makes Us
	Food Makes Us What We Are
	Thinness and Fatness
	Food in the Life Cycle
	Food, Identity and Self-Identity
	Food and Health Identity
	Food and Social Identity
	Eating Properly as Identity
	Closing Remarks About Food and Identity
	Bibliography
2 Food as … Politics
	Introduction
	Micro-politics of Food
	Food, Families and Children
	Cooking as Politics
	Food Politics and National Security
	Food Politics in the Community
	Farmers’ Markets
	Food, Place and Politics
	Closing Remarks About Food as Politics
	Bibliography
3 Food as … Industry
	Introduction
	Food Producers and Consumers
	Big Food
	The Dimensions of Big Food
	The Big Players in Big Food
	Big Food and Health
	Food as Industry … What Does It Tell Us?
	Closing Remarks On Food as Industry
	Bibliography
4 Food as … Regulation
	Introduction
	Regulation and the Need for Safe Food
	Regulation and Culture
	The Rise in Self-Regulation
	Regulating Affluence
	Restraint in a Modern Context
	Re-establishing Food and Regulation
	Better Food Regulation – But How Far Does the Public Want Government to Go?
	Closing Remarks On Food and Regulation
	Bibliography
5 Food as … the Environment
	Introduction
	Humans, Food and the Environment
	Population Growth, Food and the Environment
	The Shortage of Oil and the Food Supply
	Industrialised Environments and Food
	The Food Supply and Climate Change
	Food and the Ocean Environment
	Public Reaction to Food and the Environment
	Closing Remarks About Food as Environment
	Bibliography
6 Food as … Justice
	Introduction
	Food Justice: a Short History
	Rights-based Approaches to Food Justice
	Food Justice and Human Disaster
	Food Justice and Technology
	Food Justice and Trade
	Food Justice and Food Quality
	Re-establishing Food Justice
	Food Justice and Food Sovereignty
	Closing Remarks On Food as Justice
	Bibliography
7 Food as … Gastronomy
	Introduction
	What Is Gastronomy?
	The Meal and Food Events as Gastronomy
	Intrinsic Properties of Food
	Extrinsic Aspects of the Eating Event
	Psychosocial and Cultural Gastronomy
	Pleasure of Food
	Gastronomy Through Life, Health and Illness
	Closing Remarks About Food as Gastronomy
	Note
	Bibliography
8 Food as … Humanness
	Introduction
	Dietetics
	Food, Body and Soul
	Food and the Humours
	What Is Good to Eat?
	How Do We Understand the Food We Choose to Eat?
	Closing Remarks About Food as Humanness
	Bibliography
Further Reading
Index