The Agency of Eating: Mediation, Food and the Body

ISBN-13: 9781472598547 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 192 str.

Emma-Jayne Abbots; David Goodman; Professor Michael K. Goodman

Opis

Deciding what to eat and how to eat it are two of the most basic acts of everyday life. Yet every choice also implies a value judgement: 'good' foods versus 'bad', 'proper' and 'improper' ways of eating. From parents to political leaders, our food decisions are mediated by a range of social, political and economic authorities. No matter whether they are accepted or resisted, our eating practices and preferences are shaped by these external agencies. Unlike other studies of the cultural politics of food, this book is unique in its coverage of a range of cultural authorities at different scales - local, national and global - and in its examination of the interplay between them and the individual consumer. It places the body at the heart of its analysis, interrogating not only how the individual's embodied eating practices incorporate and reject these authorities, but also how these authorities are created and shaped by the acts of individuals.With ethnographic case studies from Ecuador, the USA, UK, and Australia, The Agency of Eating provides an important analysis of the power dynamics at play in the contemporary food system.