Sociology of Food: Eating, Diet and Culture

Introduction Significance and Theoretical Orientations The Development of Culinary Cultures Ethnological Food Research Nutritional Trends Beliefs and Practices About Food and Health The Lay Perspective Eating Disorders Patterns of Food Consumption Shortage and Plenty Food Technology and its Impact The Impact on Food of Colonialism and Migration The Public Sphere Professional Cooks and Eating Outside the Home Domestic Cookery, Home Economics, and Girls' Education Food in the Division of Labour at Home Food in Total Institutions Conclusion Commensality and SocietyMennell, Stephen is the author of 'Sociology of Food: Eating, Diet and Culture', published 1993 under ISBN 9780803988385 and ISBN 0803988389.