Food Practices and Social Inequality

Looking at Food Practices and Taste across the Class Divide
Herausgeber: Smith Maguire, Jennifer

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Produktbeschreibung

Contributions explore the cultures of food practice across the spectrum of social stratification. It discusses the forms of critical creativity and cultural capital employed by individuals, families and communities in their attempts to prepare food that is both healthy and desirable. It was published as a special issue of Food, Culture & Society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9781138104594
• ISBN-10: 1138104590
• Artikelnr.: 57046670

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Smith Maguire is Associate Professor of Marketing in the School of Business at the University of Leicester, UK. Her research focuses on the construction of markets, tastes and value. Major areas of work include cultural intermediaries as taste makers, and the cultural production and consumption of provenance and authenticity as forms of value.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Looking at Food Practices and Taste across the Class Divide
1. Food Acquisition in Poughkeepsie, NY: Exploring the Stratification of
"Healthy Food" Consciousness in a Food-Insecure City 2. Cultural and
Symbolic Capital With and Without Economic Constraint: Food Shopping in
Low-Income and High-Income Canadian Families 3. Making the Most of Less:
Food Budget Restraint in a Scandinavian Welfare Society 4. Tortillas,
Pizza, and Broccoli: Social Class and Dietary Aspirations in a Mexican City
5. The Possibilities and Limits of Personal Agency: The Walmart that Got
Away and Other Narratives of Food Acquisition in Rural Texas 6. From "Junk
Food" to "Treats": How Poverty Shapes Family Food Practices 7.
Understanding Food Access in a Rural Community: An Ecological Perspective