How We Eat : Appetite, Culture, and the Psychology of Food
Leon. Rappoport
Bok Engelsk 2003 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Chicago : : ECW Press, , 2003.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (237 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction A Half-Baked Notion; Chapter 1 From Myths to MacAttacks; Chapter 2 You Are What You Eat; Chapter 3 Feeding Frenzies; Chapter 4 The McDonaldization of Taste; Chapter 5 From the Raw to the Cooked to the Haute Cuisine; Chapter 6 Champagne Slippers, the Twinkie Defense, and He-Man Diets; Chapter 7 The Road to Wellville; Chapter 8 Concluding Reflections; Sources; Index. - Tracing culinary customs from the Stone Age to the stovetop range, from the raw to the nuked, this book elucidates the factors and myths shaping Americans' eating habits. The diversity of food habits and rituals is considered from a psychological perspective. Explored are questions such as Why does the working class prefer sweet drinks over bitter? Why do the affluent tend to roast their potatoes? and What is so comforting about macaroni and cheese anyway? The many contradictions of Americans' relationships with food are identified: food is both a primal source of sensual pl
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| ISBN | 9781550225631
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