This work is a survey of the writings on consumption produced over the last decade. There are chapters on consumption studies in anthropology, consumer behaviour, economics ...

Sociology on the Menu is an accessible introduction to the sociology of food. Highlighting the social and cultural dimensions of the human food system it encourages us to ...

Going beyond a celebration of identity, either in terms of food or of sex, Probyn offers an alternative model of identity, and details the ways in which we digest ourselves now.

Chicken meat is one of Australia's most popular and affordable foods, but it was not ever thus. The Changing Chicken provides a unique view of food systems and culture through ...

Eating right has been an obsession for longer than we think. Renaissance Europe had its own flourishing tradition of dietary advice. Then, as now, an industry of experts ...