Food studies

Food studies is the critical examination of food and its contexts within science, art, history, society, and other fields. It is distinctive from other food-related areas of study such as nutrition, agriculture, gastronomy, and culinary arts in that it tends to look beyond the consumption, production, and aesthetic appreciation of food and tries to illuminate food as it relates to multiple academic fields.

Research questions

Qualitative research questions include impact on the environment, the ethics of eating, how food contributes to systems of oppression, and its use as symbols of identity. Basic questions include Who chooses what we eat and why, traditional food preparation, the boundary between culinary heritage and invented traditions, and how to teach the subject. This has led to the development of the concept of "foodscape" ^[1] and the practice of foodscape mapping. ^[2]

Specific issues include food insecurity. ^[3] Food education has health implications, especially with highly advertised fast food, ^[4] and the prevalence of obesity in young people. ^{[5] [6]}

See also

• Anthropology of food
• Culinary art
• Food choice
• Food preferences in older adults and seniors
• Food science
• Foodways
• Gastronomy
• List of food and drink magazines
• Nutrition
• Sociology of food
• Timeline of food
• Vegan studies

References

1. "The Food Section - Food News, Recipes, and More". Thefoodsection.com. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
2. "Foodscape Mapping". Ediblegeography.com. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
3. Gundersen, Craig; Ziliak, James P. (November 2015). "Food Insecurity And Health Outcomes". Health Affairs. 34 (11): 1830–1839. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0645 . PMID   26526240. ProQuest   1731536048.
4. Davis, Brennan; Carpenter, Christopher (March 2009). "Proximity of Fast-Food Restaurants to Schools and Adolescent Obesity". American Journal of Public Health. 99 (3): 505–510. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2008.137638. PMC   2661452 . PMID   19106421. ProQuest   215085006.
5. "Childhood Obesity Facts". CDC. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
6. Story, Mary; Kaphingst, Karen M.; French, Simone (2006). "The Role of Schools in Obesity Prevention". The Future of Children. 16 (1): 109–142. doi:10.1353/foc.2006.0007. JSTOR   3556553. PMID   16532661. S2CID   41356576. ProQuest   1519298729.

Further reading

• Albala, Ken (2013). Routledge International Handbook of Food Studies. London; New York: Routledge. ISBN   9781136741661. OCLC   8419126771 . Retrieved 2016-02-09.
• Belasco, Warren James (2008). Food: The Key Concepts. Oxford; New York: Berg. ISBN   9781847884572. OCLC   422763149 . Retrieved 2016-02-09.
• Belasco, Warren James (2006). Meals to Come: A History of the Future of Food. Berkeley, CA, US: University of California Press. ISBN   9780520940468. OCLC   123767968 . Retrieved 2016-02-09.
• Counihan, Carole (2004). Around the Tuscan Table: Food, Family and Gender Twentieth Century Florence. New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN   9780203491003 . Retrieved 2016-02-09.
• Counihan, Carole; Van Esterik, Penny, eds. (2013). Food and Culture: A Reader (3rd ed.). London; New York: Routledge. ISBN   9780203079751. OCLC   842228999 . Retrieved 2016-02-09.
• Curtin, Deane W; Heldke, Lisa M, eds. (1992). Cooking, Eating, Thinking: Transformative Philosophies of Food. Bloomington, IN, US: Indiana University Press. ISBN   9780253207043. OCLC   654676797 . Retrieved 2016-02-09.
• Heldke, Lisa (2003). Exotic Appetites: Ruminations of a Food Adventurer. New York, NY: Taylor and Francis. ISBN   9781317827740. OCLC   935253692 . Retrieved 2016-02-09.
• Holtzman, Jon (2009). Uncertain Tastes: Memory, Ambivalence, and the Politics of Eating in Samburu, Northern Kenya. Berkeley, CA, US: University of California Press. ISBN   9780520944824. OCLC   609850084 . Retrieved 2016-02-09.
• Koç, Mustafa; Sumner, Jennifer; Winson, Anthony, eds. (2012). Critical Perspectives in Food Studies. Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780195446418. OCLC   791165424.
• McWilliamsn, James E. (2010). Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly. Boston, MA, US: Back Bay. ISBN   9780316148566. OCLC   894025491 . Retrieved 2016-02-09.
• McIntosh Alex, 1996, Sociologies of Food and Nutrition. Environment, Development, and Public Policy, Springer, ISBN   978-1-4899-1387-6
• Mintz, Sidney W (1985). Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History. New York, NY: Penguin Books. ISBN   9780670687022. OCLC   646968332.
• Pollan, Michael. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. New York: Penguin Press, 2008.
• Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin Press, 2006.
• Poulain, Jean Pierre, 2017, The Sociology of Food: Eating and the Place of Food in Society, Bloomsbury, ISBN   978-1472586216 ,
• Sutton, David. 2001. Remembrance of Repasts: An Anthropology of Food and Memory. Oxford: Berg.
• Weissman, Evan; Gantner, Leigh; Narine, Lutchmie (25 June 2012). "Building a Food Studies Program: On the Ground Reflections from Syracuse University". Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development: 79–89. doi: 10.5304/jafscd.2012.023.010 .
• Wilk, Richard, ed. Fast Food/Slow Food: The Cultural Economy of the Global Food System. Walnut Creek: Altamira Press, 2006.
• Yasmeen, Gisèle (1992). "Bangkok's Restaurant Sector: Gender, Employment and Consumption". Journal of Social Research. 15 (2): 69–81.
• Yasmeen, G. Bangkok's Foodscape, Bangkok: White Lotus, 2006.

External links

• Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society
• The Association for the Study of Food and Society