Cultures In Context Anthropology Of Food

Politics & Social Sciences

Bryant, Carol A.

DeWalt, Kathleen M.

Courtney, Anita

Schwartz, Jeffery

Anthropology

Thomson/Brooks/Cole

THE CULTURAL FEAST looks at the impact of evolution, geography, environment, social structure, and religion on food practices around the world. The text is comprised of three units. The first unit explains the myriad influences on human diet and examines the role of evolution on contemporary food practices. The second unit looks at factors that influence current food practices, such as dietary revolutions that accompany advancements in agricultural practices; the influence of culture in what, how, when, and why we eat; and the influence of religion, social organizations and industrialization on foodways. The third unit of the text looks at nutrition problems and solutions to those problems. The text explores global and domestic hunger, examines diseases of under- and over-nutrition, and looks at dietary behavior change and large-scale programs to change dietary practices.

The Cultural Feast: An Introduction to Food and Society

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diets & Weight Loss

Brooks/Cole

This book applies a rich body of knowledge and theory from social and behavioral sciences to contemporary health issues. A guiding principle of the book is the importance of social context and cultural construction in the analysis of health problems. It addresses the multiple layers of influence on health, enlarging the dominant "risk factor" approach to health behavior by giving sufficient attention to the social environment The book draws from many disciplines (sociology, anthropology, social psychology, demography, gerontology, economics, and history), and uses examples and case studies specifically from the forefront of public health. The book is especially useful for the way that it discusses core concepts and models and applies them to real world problems.

Social and Behavioral Foundations of Public Health

Coreil, M. (Marie) Jeannine

Henderson, Joseph Neil

Mental Health

Sage Publications, Inc.

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