Charlotte Biltekoff

Eating Right in America

The Cultural Politics of Food and Health

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Produktbeschreibung

Charlotte Biltekoff is Assistant Professor of American Studies & Food Science and Technology at the University of California, Davis. Previously, she was a chef at Greens, a well-known vegetarian restaurant in San Francisco.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780822355441
• ISBN-10: 0822355442
• Artikelnr.: 36938504

Autorenporträt

Charlotte Biltekoff is Assistant Professor of American Studies & Food Science and Technology at the University of California, Davis. Previously, she was a chef at Greens, a well-known vegetarian restaurant in San Francisco.

Inhaltsangabe

Figures viii
1. The Cultural Politics of Dietary Health 1
2. Scientific Moralization and the Beginning of Modern Dietary Reform 13
3. Anxiety and Aspiration on the Nutrition Front 45
4. From Microscopes to "Macroscopes" 80
5. Thinness as Health, Self-Control, and Citizenship 109
6. Connecting the Dots: Dietary Reform Past, Present, and Future 150
Notes 157
Bibliography 185
Acknowledgments 199
Index 203