Book Review: Amy E. Guptill, Denise A. Copelton and Betsy Lucal - Food and Society: Principles and Paradoxes (3rd Edn)

Benker, Beth

Abstract

Food is a significant driver, and indicator, of cultural understandings. The food systems in which food is produced informs the way it is consumed – and consumption is a key cultural communicator. Consider regional differences in food choice which indicate ideas of sameness or difference, perceptions of quality and cost which demarcate classed groups, or dietary choices which inform gendered food intake. Food & Society begins from the understanding that food’s biological and economic materiality always relate to the social; lifestyles, divisions, and notions of togetherness.

• Journal Article Type: Book Review
• Acceptance Date: Feb 22, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Apr 23, 2023
• Publication Date: Mar 31, 2024
• Deposit Date: May 12, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: May 12, 2023
• Journal: Cultural Sociology
• Print ISSN: 1749-9755
• Electronic ISSN: 1749-9763
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 173 - 174
• Item Discussed: 'Food and Society: Principles and Paradoxes' Amy E. Guptill, Denise A. Copelton and Betsy Lucal, 3rd Edition
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17499755231164512
• Keywords: General Social Sciences, Cultural Studies
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10746707
• Publisher URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17499755231164512