Routledge International Handbook of Food Studies

ISBN-13: 9780415782647 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 424 str.

Ken Albala

Opis

This volume offers students, scholars and all those interested in food-related research a one-stop, easy-to-use reference guide. Each article includes a brief history of food research within a discipline or on a particular topic, a discussion of research methodologies and ideological or theoretical positions for research.

Spis treści

Part 1: Social Sciences  1. Anthropology  2. Sociology  3. Communications  4. Psychology  5. Nutritional Anthropology  6. Nutrition  7. Archaeology  8. Journalism  Part 2: Humanities  9. Cultural History  10. Culinary History  11. Literature  12. Philosophy  13. Linguistics  14. Theology  15. Art  16. Film  17. Television  Part 3: Interdisciplinary Food Studies  18. Food Studies Programs  19. American Studies  20. Folklore  21. Food Museums  22. Food Law  23. Feminism  24. Culinary Arts and Food Service Management  25. Cultural Studies  26. Food and Race  Part 4: Special Topics in Food Studies  27. Food Justice  28. Animal Rights  29. Food Security  30. School Food  31. Tourism  32. Food and the Senses  33. Agriculture  34. Ethics

O autorze

Ken Albala is Professor of History at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, where he teaches courses on the Renaissance and Reformation, Food History and the History of Medicine. He is the author of many books on food history including Eating Right in the Renaissance (University of California Press, 2002), Food in Early Modern Europe (Greenwood Press, 2003), Cooking in Europe 1250-1650 (Greenwood Press, 2005), The Banquet: Dining in the Great Courts of Late Renaissance Europe (University of Illinois Press, 2007), Beans: A History (Berg, 2007. Winner of the 2008 International Association of Culinary Professionals Jane Grigson Award), and Pancake (Reaktion Press, 2008). He has coauthored two cookbooks: The Lost Art of Real Cooking (Penguin/Perigee 2010) and The Lost Arts of Hearth and Home (2012). He has also edited the 4 volume Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO, 2010) and co-edits the journal Food, Culture and Society.