We often hear that selves are no longer formed through producing material things at work, but by consuming them in leisure, leading to 'meaningless' modern lives. This important book reveals the cultural shift to be more complex, demonstrating how people in postindustrial societies strive to form meaningful and moral selves through both the consumption and production of material culture in leisure. Focusing on the material culture of food, the book explores these theoretical questions through an ethnography of those individuals for whom food is central to their self: 'foodies'. It examines what foodies do, and why they do it, through an in-depth study of their lived experiences. The book uncovers how food offers a means of shaping the self not as a consumer but as an amateur who engages in both the production and consumption of material culture and adopts a professional approach which reveals the new moralities of productive leisure in self-formation. The chapters examine a variety of practices, from fine dining and shopping to cooking and blogging, and include rare data on how people use media such as cookbooks, food television, and digital food media in their everyday life. This book is ideal for students, scholars, and anyone interested in the meaning of food in modern life.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
9780857854223
eBay Product ID (ePID)
184129842
Product Key Features
Author
Isabelle De Solier
Publication Name
Food and the Self: Consumption, Production and Material Culture
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Sociology
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
304g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Isabelle De Solier
Series Title
Materializing Culture
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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