A Theory of Grocery Shopping - Food, Choice and Conflict

Informationen zum Autor Shelley Koch is Associate Professor of Sociology at Emory & Henry College, USA. Zusammenfassung Tackling a neglected part of the story of how food reaches our tables, A Theory of Grocery Shopping links the lived experience of shoppers and retail managers with information from nutritionists, governments, journalists and marketers to provide new insights into the contradictory messages shaping the way we shop for food. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Shopping Our Way To ChangeThe Historical and Social Context of Grocery ShoppingThe Work of Grocery ShoppingShopping and Nutrition DiscourseThe Efficient Housewife DiscourseThe Food Marketing Discourse Competing Discourses and The Work Of Food Shopping ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Koch, Shelley Koch, Shelley L Koch, Shelley L. Koch, KOCH SHELLEY L
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2012
• EAN: 9780857851505
• ISBN: 978-0-85785-150-5
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Distribution, Food & society, Sociology & anthropology, Retail sector, Human Geography, Sociology and anthropology, Cultural studies: food and society, Retail and wholesale industries