ABSTRACT
Over the past decade there has been a remarkable flowering of interest in food and nutrition, both within the popular media and in academia. Scholars are increasingly using foodways, food systems and eating habits as a new unit of analysis within their own disciplines, and students are rushing into classes and formal degree programs focused on food.
Introduced by the editor and including original articles by over thirty leading food scholars from around the world, the Routledge International Handbook of Food Studies offers students, scholars and all those interested in food-related research a one-stop, easy-to-use reference guide. Each article includes a brief history of food research within a discipline or on a particular topic, a discussion of research methodologies and ideological or theoretical positions, resources for research, including archives, grants and fellowship opportunities, as well as suggestions for further study. Each entry also explains the logistics of succeeding as a student and professional in food studies.
This clear, direct Handbook will appeal to those hoping to start a career in academic food studies as well as those hoping to shift their research to a food-related project. Strongly interdisciplinary, this work will be of interest to students and scholars throughout the social sciences and humanities.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Social sciences
chapter |11 pages
The anthropology of food
chapter |13 pages
The sociology of food
chapter |12 pages
Food and communication
chapter |17 pages
Nutritional anthropology
chapter |9 pages
Public health nutrition
chapter |13 pages
The archaeology of food
part |2 pages
Humanities
chapter |12 pages
Journalism
chapter |13 pages
The cultural history of food
chapter |8 pages
Culinary history
chapter |13 pages
Food and literature: an overview
chapter |11 pages
Philosophy and food
chapter |13 pages
Linguistics and food studies: structural and historical connections
chapter |10 pages
Food and theology
chapter |8 pages
Food and art
chapter |10 pages
Food in film
chapter |12 pages
Food and television
part |2 pages
Interdisciplinary food studies
chapter |8 pages
Food studies programs
chapter |11 pages
Food and American studies
chapter |9 pages
Folklore
chapter |9 pages
Food museums
chapter |12 pages
Food and law
chapter |15 pages
The intersection of gender and food studies
chapter |9 pages
Culinary arts and foodservice management
chapter |8 pages
Food, cultural studies, and popular culture
chapter |11 pages
Food and race: an overview
part |2 pages
Special topics in food studies