A sociology of food and nutrition :  the social appetite / 
edited by John Germov and Lauren Williams. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - South Melbourne, Vic. ;  Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  2008. 
 - 448 p. 
<br/><br/> Previous ed.: 2004.  Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Part 1: An Appetiser 1. Exploring the Social Appetite: A Sociology of Food and Nutrition - John Germov and Lauren WilliamsPart 2: The Food System: Globalisation and Agribusiness2. World Hunger: Its Roots and Remedies - Frances Moore Lappe 3. Unsustainable Food Production: Its Social Origins and Alternatives - Terry Leahy 4. Agribusiness, Genetic Engineering and the Corporatisation of Food - Geoffrey Lawrence and Janet Grice 5. Operating Upstream and Downstream: How Supermarkets Exercise Power in the Food System - Jane Dixon Part 3: Food and Nutrition Discourses, Politics, and Policies6. The Politics of Government Dietary Advice - Jennifer Lisa Falbe and Marion Nestle 7. Functional Foods and Public Health Nutrition Policy - Mark Lawrence and John Germov 9. Risk, Maternal Ideologies, and Infant Feeding - Elizabeth Murphy10. The Government of the Table: nutrition Expertise and the Social Organisation of Family Food Habits - John Coveney Part 4 - Food Consumption, Social Differentiation and Identity11. Culinary Cultures of Europe: Food, History, Health and Identity12. Food, Class and Identity 13. Humans, Food and Other Animals: The Vegetarian Option 14. Food and Aging 15. Constructing the Female Body: Dieting, the Thin Ideal and Body Acceptance 16. The Social Construction of Eating Disorders17. Sociological Analysis of the Stigmatisation of Obesity Glossary 
<br/><br/> The authors introduce readers to the field of food sociology. The text is designed to be used as both a general reader, bringing together many of the key authors in the field and focusing on topics that dominate the literature, as well as a teaching text on the social aspects of food and nutrition. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780195551501 (pbk.) :  £27.99 9780195551501 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Oxford University Press, 253 Normanby Rd, South Melbourne VIC 3205 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008428730 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nutrition--Social aspects<br/>Food habits--Social aspects<br/>Food--Social aspects<br/>Food habits.<br/>Food and Drink.<br/>Cultural studies: food & society<br/>Cultural studies<br/>Social theory
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GT2855 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>394.12 GER