Descartes is to blame. For centuries his tag "I think therefore I am" has dominated our notion of ourselves and the world; that the mind is what counts seems to be the message of Cartesianism, the body could fend for itself. What people thought has been central to academic study, what they ate was considered marginal and insignificant. But the picture is changing. Food, after all is fundamental. Critics in English literature are beginning to theorize about the significance of food in texts, "edible ecriture" as Terry Eagleton calls it. Historians chart the relationship between what we eat and how we live. Sociologists deconstruct the family meal. Psychiatrists ponder the inexorable rise of eating disorders. Philosophers construct the moral frameworks for ethical eating; and scientists work with social scientists as killer diseases, food borne, sweep the country. This book unites scientists, social scientists and those working in the humanities in a call for food to be studied more in universities across disciplines--and for those involved in its study no longer to be marginalized.
Consuming Passions : Food in the Age of Anxiety,Sian Griffiths,Jennifer Wallace,Manchester University Press,1901341062,Customs & Traditions,Ethics & Moral Philosophy,Food,Food Science,Food habits,Manners And Customs,Philosophy,Popular Culture - General,Psychological aspects,Psychology,Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior,Psychopathology - Eating Disorders,Sociology,Symbolic aspects,Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural
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