Towards a sociological theory of eating: a review of Alan Warde's The Practice of Eating

Alan Warde. 2016, The practice of eating. Cambridge : Polity. 220 p.Alan Warde’s aim in writing this book is to show how the academic discourse on food and its links to consumption, health and sustainable development has been "colonized" by two approaches: on the one hand, theories of rat...

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izdano v:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/aof,
Glavni avtor: Poulain, Jean-Pierre
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Jezik:Français
Izdano: Anthropology of food 2022
Online dostop:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Izvleček:Alan Warde. 2016, The practice of eating. Cambridge : Polity. 220 p.Alan Warde’s aim in writing this book is to show how the academic discourse on food and its links to consumption, health and sustainable development has been "colonized" by two approaches: on the one hand, theories of rational choice which focus on decision-making and, on the other hand, culturalist perspectives regarding choices and practices seen as the expression of "cultural styles". With his "theory of practice", Warde ...