Food, the Body and the Self

by Deborah Lupton

In this wide-ranging and thought-provoking analysis of the sociocultural and personal meanings of food and eating, Deborah Lupton explores the relationship between food and embodiment, the emotions and subjectivity. She includes discussion of the intertwining of food, meaning and culture in the context of childhood and the family, as well as: the gendered social construction of foodstuffs; food tastes, dislikes and preferences; the dining-out experience;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803976488
• ISBN13: 9780803976481
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"