| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Rowman & Littlefield studies in food and gastronomy
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Studies in food and gastronomy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Psychology of Food Cults / Kima Cargill -- The Allure Of Food Cults : Balancing Pseudoscience And Healthy Skepticism / Leighann R. Chaffee and Corey L. Cook -- Food Practices In Early Christianity / Paul A. Brazinski -- Longevity Diets in Historical Perspective / Ken Albala -- Juicing : Language, Ritual, And Placebo Sociality In A Community Of Extreme Eaters / Samuel Veissière and Liona Gibbs-Bravo -- Contemporary Superfood Cults : Nutritionism, Neoliberalism and Gender / Tina Sikka -- Gluttons Galore : A Rising Faction in Food Discourses and Dining Experiences / Carlnita Greene -- Caving In : The Appeal of the Paleo Diet in the Wake of 9/11 / Lenore Bell -- "Of Bananas And Cavemen" : Unlikely Similarities Between Two Online Food Communities / Amanda Maxfield and Andrea Rissing -- Eschew Your Food : Foodies, Healthism And The Elective Restrictive Diet / Michele Scott -- Breaking Bread : The Clashing Cults of Sourdough and Gluten-Free / L. Sasha Gora -- The Gluten-Free Cult : A World Without Wheat / Jennifer Martin -- Erasure of Indigenous Food Memories and (Re-)Imaginations / Preety Gadhoke and Barrett P. Brenton -- "Herb Is For The Healing Of The Nation!" : Marijuana As A Consumable Vegetable Among Ghetto Muslim Youth Of Maamobi In Accra, Ghana / De-Valera Botchway and Charles Prempeh -- What Makes A Good Mother? : Mother's Conceptions Of Good Food / Liora Gvion & Irit Sharir. |
| Summary |
Understanding how food fads and diets can develop a fervent following that rise to the level of a cult is a new area of study and often overlooked. Here, Kima Cargill and other experts shed fresh light on the subject, revealing how and why such cults may develop among certain communities. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Food habits -- Social aspects.
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Food habits -- Social aspects. |
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Food preferences -- Social aspects.
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Food preferences -- Social aspects. |
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Food preferences. |
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Nutrition -- Social aspects.
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Diet -- Social aspects.
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Nutrition -- Social aspects. |
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Diet. |
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Diet -- Social aspects. |
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diet & Nutrition -- General. |
| Added Author |
Cargill, Kima, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Food cults. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016] 9781442251311 (DLC) 2016027109 |
| ISBN |
9781442251328 (epub) |
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1442251328 |
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9781442251311 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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144225131X |
| Standard No. |
YBP13251570 |
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