With growing affluence in the developed world, food has become an increasing focus for attention. Here, the authors argue that in order to understand the extensive and dramatic developments in the world of food, a new interdisciplinary approach is necessary. The Age of Affluence successfully addresses food consumption in this way. The volume: * argues the importance of socioeconomic and cultural factors over diet, in influencing the production, marketing and consumption of different groups of foods; * places food systems theory on sound analytical foundations; * draws critically upon food systems literature; * includes case studies from the sugar, dairy and meat systems; * employs novel statistical techniques to identify and explain distinct patterns of food consumption; The book will help to revitalize the discipline of food studies and points the way forward for the continuing study of food consumption. As such, it will be invaluable to students, researchers and policymakers engaged in the world of food.
Author(s): Ben Fine, Michael Heasman, Judith Wright
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1996
Language: English
Pages: 320
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures and tables......Page 8
List of abbreviations......Page 10
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW......Page 14
FOOD STUDIES: AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT......Page 24
FOOD SYSTEM THEORY......Page 42
DIFFERENTIATING FOOD SYSTEMS......Page 71
THE UK SUGAR SYSTEM......Page 88
SUGAR OR SWEET......Page 142
THE POVERTY OF FOOD ECONOMETRICS......Page 157
FOOD NORMS: METHODS AND DATA......Page 180
CHILDREN, LOW INCOME AND THE SAUSAGE SYNDROME......Page 195
THE MEAT SYSTEM......Page 212
FOOD AND CLASS......Page 229
THE DAIRY SYSTEM......Page 248
SUMMING UP AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS......Page 278
References......Page 289
Index......Page 303
