Published
May 28, 2024Page count
192 pagesISBN
978-1529224139Dimensions
216 x 240 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
May 28, 2024Page count
192 pagesISBN
978-1529224122Dimensions
216 x 240 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
May 28, 2024Page count
192 pagesISBN
978-1529224146Dimensions
216 x 240 mmImprint
Bristol University Press
Everyday Eating
Offering some surprising insights into historical and cultural developments, this fascinating look at eating habits in Britain reveals there have been no fundamental changes in the direction of trends in eating since the 1960s. Challenging some widely accepted, but controversial, myths, it shows there is some acceleration in commodification, aestheticisation and globalisation.
Reframing the history of the last 50 years and giving perspective on planning for the future, the author, a recognised expert, reflects on disruptions and innovations caused by COVID-19, Brexit and the National Food Strategy in 2021.
“An authoritative and engaging account, written by Britain’s pre-eminent food sociologist, emphasising the pleasures of eating as well as current anxieties about food. Strongly evidenced, the book includes personal reflections and telling examples from the author’s own experience.” Peter Jackson, University of Sheffield
“A fascinating book on food, meals and taste which is bound to become a classic in this field.” Christel Lane, University of Cambridge
1. Changing Eating Habits
2. Meals: Occasions and Arrangements
3. Acquisition: Access to Diversity
4. Tasting: Embracing Foreign Flavours
5. Meal Preparation
6. Eating in Style
7. Anxious Pleasures: Eating and Happiness
8. An Unfinished Revolution?
