Food & society : principles and paradoxes /

Guptill, Amy Elizabeth, 1973-,

Food & society : principles and paradoxes / Amy E. Guptill, Denise A. Copelton, and Betsy Lucal. - Third edition. - 288 pages : illustrations

Previous edition: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This text offers readers a social perspective on food, food practices and the modern food system. It engages readers' curiosity by highlighting several paradoxes: how food is both individual and social, reveals both distinction and conformity, and, in the contemporary global era, comes from everywhere but nowhere in particular.

9781509542246 (pbk.) : �17.99


Food--Social aspects.
Food habits.
Food and Drink.