Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 463 g
Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 463 g
ISBN: 978-0-7456-9170-1
Verlag: Polity Press
The book falls into two parts. The first part establishes a basis for a practice-theoretic account of eating. Warde reviews research on eating, introduces theories of practice and constructs eating as a scientific object. The second part develops key concepts for the analysis of eating as a practice, showing how concepts like habit, routine, embodiment, repetition and convention can be applied to explain how eating is organised and coordinated through the generation, reproduction and transformation of a multitude of individual performances.
The Practice of Eating thus addresses both substantive problems concerning the explanation of food habits and currently controversial issues in social theory, illustrated by detailed empirical analysis of some aspects of contemporary culinary life. It will become required reading for students and scholars of food and consumption in a wide range of disciplines, from sociology, anthropology and cultural studies to food studies, culinary studies and nutrition science.
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie des Brauchtums und der Traditionen
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie der Lebensart, Well-Being
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
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Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Towards a Sociological Theory of Eating
Chapter 3: Elements of a Theory of Practice
Chapter 4: Elementary Forms of Eating
Chapter 5: Organizing Eating
Chapter 6: Habituation
Chapter 7: Repetition and the Foundations of Competence
Chapter 8: Conclusions: Practice Theory and Eating Out
Notes
References