Food, Health and Identity

By addressing the issue of food and eating today,Food, Health and Identityconsiders the way in which food habits are changing, and shows how social and personal identities and perceptions of health risk influence choice. In reviewing some of the existing literature on the subject, this book discusses how social scientists can help us understand why people eat what they do. Some of the chapters cover the family meal, wedding cakes, the rise of vegetarianism, and creation of individual identity through lifestyle. Contributors include Hanna Bradby, Simon Charsley, Allison James, Anne Keane, Lydia Martens and Alan Warde.

Preface and Acknowledgements	p. xi
Approaches to the Study of Food, Health and Identity	p. 1
Family Meals- A Thing of the Past?	p. 32
Marriages, Weddings and Their Cakes	p. 50
Notes	p. 69
How British Is British Food?	p. 71
Fast Food/Spoiled Identity	p. 87
References	p. 109
'Bacon Sandwiches Got the Better of Me'	p. 111
Urban Pleasure?	p. 131
'We Never Eat like This at Home'	p. 151
Too Hard to Swallow?	p. 172
References	p. 191
Being Told What to Eat	p. 193
Notes	p. 211
Health, Eating and Heart Attacks	p. 213
Scaremonger or Scapegoat?	p. 234
Declining Meat	p. 252
Index	p. 267
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