The Sociology of Food and Eating: Essays on the Sociological Significance of Food (Gower International Library of Research & Practice)

Contents: Anne Murcott, introduction; Paul Atkinson, "Eating Virtue"; Julia Twigg, "Vegetarianism and the Meaning of Meat"; Howard Newby, "Living from Hand to Mouth: The Farmworker, Food and Agribusiness"; Eric Batstone, "The Hierarchy of Maintenance and the Maintenance of Hierarchy: Notes on Food and Industry"; Sally Macintyre, "The Management of Food in Pregnancy"; Hilary Homans, "A Question of Balance: Asian and British Women's Perceptions of Food during Pregnancy"; Erica Wheeler and Tan Swee Poh, "Food for Equilibrium: The Dietary Principles and Practice of Chinese Families in London"; Mildred Blaxter and Elizabeth Paterson, "The Goodness Is out of It: The Meaning of Food to Two Generations"; Rory Williams, "The Salt of the Earth: Ideas Linking Diet, Exercise and Virtue among Elderly Aberdonians"; Roisin Pill, "An Apple a Day ...: Some Reflections on Working Class Mothers' Views on Food and Health"; Tina Posner, "The Sweet Things in Life: Aspects of the Management of Diabetic Diet"; Sara Delamont, "Lobster, Chicken, Cake and Tears: Deciphering Wedding Meals"; Jacqueline Burgoyne and David Clarke, "You Are What You Eat: Food and Family Reconstitution"; Rhian Ellis, "The Way to a Man's Heart: Food in the Violent Home"; Tony Coxon, "Men in the Kitchen: Notes from a Cookery Class"; Anne Murcott, "Cooking and the Cooked: A Note on the Domestic Preparation of Meals"; bibliography; index.