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Book Review: Amy E. Guptill, Denise A. Copelton and Betsy Lucal - Food and Society: Principles and Paradoxes (3rd Edn) (2023)
Journal Article
Benker, B. (2024). Book Review: Amy E. Guptill, Denise A. Copelton and Betsy Lucal - Food and Society: Principles and Paradoxes (3rd Edn). Cultural Sociology, 18(1), 173 - 174. https://doi.org/10.1177/17499755231164512

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

Stockpiling as resilience: Defending and contextualising extra food procurement during lockdown (2020)
Journal Article
Benker, B. (2021). Stockpiling as resilience: Defending and contextualising extra food procurement during lockdown. Appetite, 156, 104981. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2020.104981

During the UK‘s lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, both food shortages and stockpiling were well-publicised events. The UK's food system has struggled and lockdown shortages are part of an ongoing trend of anxiety around the food system.... Read More about Stockpiling as resilience: Defending and contextualising extra food procurement during lockdown.